O you—Russian fate, a woman’s lot!

Overview

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..."

Cast

Nikolay Gasilov

Yegor, a well-off peasant

Ursula Krug

Anna (Yegor's wife)

Yelena Chaika

Marisha (Yegor's daughter)

Veronika Buzhinskaya

Marya, Vasiliy's wife

Vasili Kozhura

Yakov, the landowner’s coachman

F. Mishin

Father Methodius, village priest

Lazar Antsi-Polovskiy

Panteleimon, Yegor’s drinking companion

D. Bronevitskiy

Landowner

Maria Bagildz

Landowner

A. Rudin

A Young Gypsy