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The Dam Is Broken

1928 52 minutes

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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.

Released

23rd September 1928

97 years ago

Runtime

52 minutes

Finishes at 10:07pm

Directed by

Mikhail Kapchinsky

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Written by

Dmytro Falkovskyi, Lazar Frenkel

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