The Dam Is Broken (1928)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1928-09-23
Runtime: 52 minutes
Director: Mikhail Kapchinsky
Top Cast
- Heiri Emirzade as Vasyl
- Nina Li as Lesya
- Anna Agramova as Vasyl‘s mother
- V. Kolpashnikov as Lesya‘s father
- Yuriy Krestinskiy as Yurka, shepherd boy
- Nikolay Bukaev as Young hunter
- Anastasia Suvorina as Sorceress
- K. Mikhaylova as Young woman
- Yuriy Kharkov as Young peasant
- B. Goncharov as Priest
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