The Young Lady and the Hooligan

A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and they are rather rowdy and difficult. All the more as a young hooligan dares write her on a test paper that he loves her. Feeling harassed by the young man, she is defended by other students. But she more or less feels the young bad boy's love is true and when this one is lying on his dying bed, after being stabbed by the other students, she solaces him by kissing him tenderly.

Directed by Yevgeni Slavinsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, The Young Lady and the Hooligan leans on a strong ensemble — Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandra Rebikova, Fedor Dunayev — 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 drama titles of 1918.