Vasya, the Reformer
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Lost film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (his first film) and Favst Lopatynskyi. It is a satire of the NEP period. Vasia, the son of a factory’s worker, is attracted by the romance of adventures. And he goes to look for them. He saves a drowning drunkard who tries to beat him. Vasia escapes from him in a vehicle parked on the shore. However, the vehicle belongs to a superintendent who, when he does not find it, stages its theft. Meanwhile, Vasia exposes priests in the church. As a result, the church is turned into a cinema, and the priest becomes a cinema technician. And finally, Vasia’s last deed is catching a criminal at home and denouncing him to the militia.
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Cast
19 people
Vasyl Liudvynskyi
Vasya
Also in
The Bay of Death
P.K.P.
Yuri Chernyshov
Yurka, Vasya's brother
Also in
P.K.P.
Mitya
Alexander Dovzhenko
Also in
The Diplomatic Pouch
Sonata about the artist
Yurii Shumskyi
Vasya's uncle
Also in
Benya Krik
Night Coachman
Faust Lopatinskiy
Yuri Shumsky
Pylyp Sotka, Vasia's uncle
Mikhail Smolenskiy
Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate
Also in
Benya Krik
The Diplomatic Pouch
Natalya Chernyshyova
Vasia's mother
Anastasii Symonov
Brewer
Also in
Through Tears
Sold Appetite
Dmytro Kapka
Supply manager of the Sheluhasindicate
Known for
Viy
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
Vladimir Uralskiy
Cook
Known for
Strike
Mother
Stepan Shahaida
Mitka Kutsiy, bandit
Also in
Aerograd
Ivan
Alexander Dovzhenko Director · Faust Lopatinskiy Director Danylo Demutsky Cinematographer
First release January 2, 1926 · Produced in Russia · Languages No dialogue, Ukrainian
Production
VUFKU
Production
Russia
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Original title
Вася-реформатор
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Ukrainian
Release dates
Russia · January 2, 1926
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
December 17, 1926
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