Vasylyna

The film is based on I. Nechui-Levystkyi’s work The Bargewoman. From dawn till dusk from early childhood, Vasylyna has been working on Pan Jastrzebski’s fields. The young nobleman likes the beautiful girl, and she starts working in his home as a maid. Vasylyna’s happiness does not last long: the man marries a girl of his social class. Vasylyna’s fiancé Vasyl, who feels insulted because of her unfaithfulness, instigates guys to cut off the braid of the landlord’s mistress. Vasylyna runs away from the village and hides from people. Soon, she gives birth to a child who dies shortly. Female workers from a factory find barely alive Vasylyna and help her become a weaver. Vasylyna starts a new life.

Cast

Oleksandr Romanenko

Jastrzebski, a landlord

Zinaida Pigulovich

Vasylyna, a young rural girl

Anton Klimenko

Vasyl, a young rural guy

Armasheva

Jadwiga, his aunt

M. Sheveleva

Jozefa

Natalya Chernyshyova

Maid

Borys Shelestov

an office keeper

Bilohorska

the landlord’s housekeeper