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Behind the Monastery Wall (1928)

The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in misery. Especially, the family of the peasant named Levin. He is forced to give away his last horse, his son Andrii is imprisoned, his daughter Nastia becomes a maid of a rich landlord. Trying to prevent the master’s harassment, Nastia escapes and gets to the nunnery. She can see the other life of the nuns who manufacture false relics, drink alcohol and kill children. Nastia ends up in the basement for resisting one of the “spiritual pastors.” Meanwhile, her brother Andrii escapes from prison. He stirs up a rebellion and saves his sister. The film is lost.

Release: 1928-01-15
Runtime: 58 min
Cast
Nina Li
Nina Li
Nastya Levina
Matviy Lyarov
Matviy Lyarov
Nedzelnitskiy
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Priest
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A. Ostashevsky
Bishop Straton
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Morshchikova
Mother hegumeness
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L. Nordt-Lundina
Manefa
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Anastasia Suvorina
Old nun
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Arseni Kuts
Andrey Levin, Nastya's brother
Borys Bezhin
Borys Bezhin
Monk
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K. Rudakov
Handicap
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A. Belov
Fat monk
Anna Obukhovich
Anna Obukhovich
Klanya