Drama · Soviet Union · 1928 · 52m

The Dam Is Broken

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Director

Cast

Heiri Emirzade as Vasyl Nina Li as Lesya Anna Agramova as Vasyl‘s mother V. Kolpashnikov as Lesya‘s father Yuriy Krestinskiy as Yurka, shepherd boy Nikolay Bukaev as Young hunter

Crew

Yan Krayevskyi — Director of Photography Dmytro Falkovskyi — Screenplay Lazar Frenkel — Screenplay Solomon Zarytskyi — Production Design

Synopsis

The film is set in one of the regions of Western Ukraine in the 1920s. A poor peasant, Vasyl, openly opposes the arbitrariness of the lord's authorities. While hunting in the lord's forest, he is captured by soldiers and imprisoned in a dungeon. His beloved girl Lesia, with the help of the villagers, opens the dam, and water begins to flood the manor. Amid the commotion, Vasyl escapes from his captivity.

Key Collaborators

Mikhail Kapchinsky Director Yan Krayevskyi Director of Photography Dmytro Falkovskyi Screenplay Lazar Frenkel Screenplay Solomon Zarytskyi Production Design

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