Overview

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.

Top Cast

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Oleksandr Romanenko

Jastrzebski, a landlord

Zinaida Pigulovich

Vasylyna, a young rural girl

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Anton Klymenko

Vasyl, a young rural guy

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Armasheva

Jadwiga, his aunt

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M. Shevalova

Jozefa

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Nataliia Chernyshova

a maid

Borys Shelestov

an office keeper

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Bilohorska

the landlord’s housekeeper

Osyp Merlatti

Jastrzebski’s household manager

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Olga Appak

Odarka, an old rural woman

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Maria Parshina

a cook

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I. Zorin

Chrzanowski, a young landlord