Vasya, the Reformer

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.

Cast

Vasyl Liudvynskyi Vasya Yuri Chernyshov Yurka, Vasya's brother Yurii Shumskyi Vasya's uncle Natalya Chernyshyova Vasya's mother Mikhail Smolenskiy Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate Anastasii Symonov Brewer Dmytro Kapka Supply manager of the Sheluhasindicate Vladimir Uralskiy Cook Stepan Shahaida Mitka Kutsiy, bandit Ksana Zapadnaia Supply manager's girlfriend Lazar Frenkel Sheluhasindicate employee Anton Klimenko Priest

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