The Dam Is Broken (1928)
Греблю прорвало
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.
- Date of release
- 1928-09-23
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mikhail Kapchinsky
Casting
- Heiri Emirzade — 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
- Heorhii Khorkov — Young peasant
- B. Goncharov — Priest
- Nikolai Panov — Pan Thadeus
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