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O you—Russian fate, a woman’s lot! (1922)

September 1, 1922 (SU) Drama • —

Overview

On the powerless position of peasant women in pre-revolutionary Russia. Marisha, a village girl, is in love with the coachman Yakov. Marisha’s father, a wealthy peasant, refuses to consent to his daughter’s marriage. The lovers are forced to meet in secret. Soon Marisha gives birth to a child, and the coachman abandons his beloved. Harassed by the villagers, Marisha throws herself and her son into the river. Lost film. The title is taken from the first stanza of Russian poet's Nikolay Nekrasov's poem, titled "The village harvest is in full swing..."

Director

Boris Svetlov

Writer

Top Billed

Nikolay Gasilov

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Top Billed Cast

Nikolay Gasilov
Nikolay Gasilov

Yegor, a well-off peasant

Ursula Krug
Ursula Krug

Anna (Yegor's wife)

Yelena Chaika
Yelena Chaika

Marisha (Yegor's daughter)

Veronika Buzhinskaya
Veronika Buzhinskaya

Marya, Vasiliy's wife

Vasili Kozhura
Vasili Kozhura

Yakov, the landowner’s coachman

F. Mishin
F. Mishin

Father Methodius, village priest

Lazar Antsi-Polovskiy
Lazar Antsi-Polovskiy

Panteleimon, Yegor’s drinking companion

A. Rudin
A. Rudin

A Young Gypsy

Ye. Klimenko
Ye. Klimenko

Old gypsy woman

Georgiy Aleksandrov
Georgiy Aleksandrov

Vasiliy, Yegor's son

Crew
Nikolay Kozlovsky
Nikolay Kozlovsky

Director of Photography



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Status

Released

Original Language

RU

Budget

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