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Vasya, the Reformer

1926
70/100

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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.

Released

2nd January 1926

100 years ago

Ratings and awards

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    7/10

  • TMDb Logo

    70%

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    70%

Directed by

Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Favst Lopatynskyi

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Written by

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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