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O you—Russian fate, a woman’s lot! (1922)

On the powerless position of peasant women in pre-revolutionary Russia. Marisha, a village girl, is in love with the coachman Yakov. Marisha’s father, a wealthy peasant, refuses to consent to his daughter’s marriage. The lovers are forced to meet in secret. Soon Marisha gives birth to a child, and the coachman abandons his beloved. Harassed by the villagers, Marisha throws herself and her son into the river. Lost film. The title is taken from the first stanza of Russian poet's Nikolay Nekrasov's poem, titled "The village harvest is in full swing..."

Release: 1922-01-01
Cast
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Николай Гасилов
Yegor, a well-off peasant
Ursula Krug
Ursula Krug
Anna (Yegor's wife)
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Yelena Chaika
Marisha (Yegor's daughter)
Veronika Buzhinskaya
Veronika Buzhinskaya
Marya (Vsiliy's wife)
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Василий Кожура
Yakov, the landowner’s coachman
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Ф. Мишин
Father Methodius, village priest
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Лазарь Анци-Половский
Panteleimon (Yegor’s drinking companion)
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Д. Броневицкий
Landowner
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Maria Bagildz
Landowner
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А. Рудин (II)
A Young Gypsy
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Елена Клименко
Old gypsy woman