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Vasya, the Reformer (1926)

Vasya, the Reformer (1926)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1926, January 2
Directors: Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Faust Lopatinskiy
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: VUFKU
Cast: Vladimir Uralskiy, Stepan Shahaida, N. Rudakov, Dmytro Kapka, Yurii Shumskyi, Vasyl Liudvynskyi, Anton Klimenko, Natalya Chernyshyova, Aleksandr Istomin, Yuri Chernyshov, Anastasii Symonov, Ksana Zapadnaia

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.