Vasya, the Reformer (1926)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Director & Crew

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