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.
- Created by
- Faust Lopatinskiy
- Origin
- SU
Cast
- Oleksandr RomanenkoJastrzebski, a landlord
Zinaida PigulovichVasylyna, a young rural girl- Anton KlymenkoVasyl, a young rural guy
- ArmashevaJadwiga, his aunt
- M. ShevalovaJozefa
- Nataliia Chernyshovaa maid
Borys Shelestovan office keeper- Bilohorskathe landlord’s housekeeper
Osyp MerlattiJastrzebski’s household manager- Olga AppakOdarka, an old rural woman