Basic Info
Release: September 23, 1928
The Dam Is Broken
1928
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
- No Language xx
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Cast
Khairi Emir-Zade
Vasyl
Nina Li
Lesya
Anna Agramova
Vasyl‘s mother
V. Kolpashnikov
Lesya‘s father
Yuriy Krestinskiy
Yurka, shepherd boy
Nikolay Bukaev
Young hunter
Anastasia Suvorina
Sorceress
K. Mikhaylova
Young woman
Yuriy Kharkov
Young peasant
B. Goncharov
Priest
Nikolai Panov
Pan Thadeus
Crew
Mikhail Kapchinsky
Director
Dmytro Falkovskyi
Screenplay
Lazar Frenkel
Screenplay
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