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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

0 minutes

Year:

1926

Director:

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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Company:

VUFKU

Cast:

Vasya

Yurka, Vasya's brother

Vasya's uncle

Vasya's mother

Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate

Crew:

Director

Director

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Writer