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Cast
Mykola Nademskyi
as Korbe’s script
Vasyl Krasenko
as one of rebels
Borys Karlash-Verbytskyi
as a drummer
Heorhiy Astafyev
as executioners
P. Kostenko
as Cast
Oleksii Kharlamov
as Proshka
Mykola Kuchynskyi
as Papko, an otaman
Leonid Barbe
as Korbe, an advisor
V. Arhutynska
as empress Catherine II
Yuri Chernyshov
as Ivan Bazylevskyi
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1928
Runtime—
LanguageNo Language
CertificationNR
GenresHistory, Drama
Votes—
DirectorPyotr Chardynin
WritersVolodymyr Yurezanskyi, O. Hatov
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCaprice of Catherine ІІ
About Caprice of Catherine ІІ
The film is based on V. Yurezanskyi’s novel The Missing Village about the struggle of Ukrainian Cossacks for their freedom during the reign of Catherine II. Free Cossacks from the village of Turbai in Poltava region, who were included in registers of Myrhorod Pact, suddenly find out that at the order of Catherine II they become the property of the Ukrainian landlord, pan Bazylevskyi. He treats Cossacks like his usual serfs. Cossacks ask the empress for help, but receive no reply. Then, they rebel and set Bazylevskyi’s estate on fire. The owner and his family die during the fire. The vengeance of the Russian empress is terrible, as dozens of Cossacks are beaten to death, and the village of Turbai is doomed to destruction. The film is lost.
Directed by Pyotr Chardynin, Caprice of Catherine ІІ leans on a strong ensemble — Mykola Nademskyi, Vasyl Krasenko, Borys Karlash-Verbytskyi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about history titles of 1928.
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