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.
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Heiri Emirzade
Vasyl
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Nina Li
Lesya
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Anna Agramova
Vasyl‘s mother
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V. Kolpashnikov
Lesya‘s father
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Yuriy Krestinskiy
Yurka, shepherd boy
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Nikolay Bukaev
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Anastasia Suvorina
Sorceress
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K. Mikhaylova
Young woman
Heorhii Khorkov
Young peasant
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B. Goncharov
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Mikhail Kapchinsky Director · Dmytro Falkovskyi Screenplay Lazar Frenkel Screenplay
First release September 23, 1928 · Produced in Russia · Original title Греблю прорвало
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VUFKU
Production
Russia
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Original title
Греблю прорвало
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · September 23, 1928
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No release date listed for United States.
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