Overview

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.

Cast

Vasyl Liudvynskyi, Yuri Chernyshov, Yurii Shumskyi, Natalya Chernyshyova, Mikhail Smolenskiy, Anastasii Symonov, Dmytro Kapka, Vladimir Uralskiy

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What is "Vasya, the Reformer" about?

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.

When was "Vasya, the Reformer" released?

Vasya, the Reformer was released in 1926.

Who stars in "Vasya, the Reformer"?

The cast includes Vasyl Liudvynskyi, Yuri Chernyshov, Yurii Shumskyi, Natalya Chernyshyova.