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Cast
Vasyl Liudvynskyi
as Vasya
Yuri Chernyshov
as Yurka, Vasya's brother
Yurii Shumskyi
as Vasya's uncle
Natalya Chernyshyova
as Vasya's mother
Mikhail Smolenskiy
as Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate
Anastasii Symonov
as Brewer
Dmytro Kapka
as Supply manager of the Sheluhasindicate
Vladimir Uralskiy
as Cook
Stepan Shahaida
as Mitka Kutsiy, bandit
Ksana Zapadnaia
as Supply manager's girlfriend
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1926
Runtime—
LanguageNo Language
CertificationNR
GenresComedy, Drama
Votes3
DirectorFaust Lopatinskiy, Oleksandr Dovzhenko
WritersOleksandr Dovzhenko
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsVasya, the Reformer
About Vasya, the Reformer
Lost film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (his first film) and Favst Lopatynskyi. It is a satire of the NEP period. Vasia, the son of a factory’s worker, is attracted by the romance of adventures. And he goes to look for them. He saves a drowning drunkard who tries to beat him. Vasia escapes from him in a vehicle parked on the shore. However, the vehicle belongs to a superintendent who, when he does not find it, stages its theft. Meanwhile, Vasia exposes priests in the church. As a result, the church is turned into a cinema, and the priest becomes a cinema technician. And finally, Vasia’s last deed is catching a criminal at home and denouncing him to the militia.
Directed by Faust Lopatinskiy, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Vasya, the Reformer leans on a strong ensemble — Vasyl Liudvynskyi, Yuri Chernyshov, Yurii Shumskyi — 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 comedy titles of 1926.
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