Love's Berries
| Ягoдка Любви / Ягідки кохання (Love's Berries) | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Written by | Alexander Dovzhenko] |
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| Edited by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Distributed by | VUFKU-Odessa |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent film Russian intertitles |
Love's Berries (Russian: Ягoдка Любви, romanized: Yagodka lyubvi, Ukrainian: Ягідки кохання, romanized: Yahidky kokhannya) is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. The film was Dovzhenko's debut and the screenplay was written in three days.[1] It deals with a dandified barber's attempts to get rid of his "love berry" - his illegitimate offspring.[2]
Plot[]
Hairdresser Jean Colbasiuc learns from his girlfriend about an unexpected materialization of their child. Not ready to be a father, the young man tries to get rid of the baby left in his care. After a few unsuccessful attempts to place the baby onto unsuspecting citizens, by this time Colbasiuc receives a notice from the People's Court, agrees to the registration of marriage and only then learns from Lisa that the child, who served as a catalyst for the incident, was borrowed by her from her Aunt.
Cast[]
- as Jean Kolbacjuk (as Maryan Krushchelnitsky)
- Margarita Barskaya as Young woman
- as Toys salesman
- as Tolstjak
- as Old man on whom the fat man offloads
- as Fat client
- as Fop on whom the fat man offloads
- as Photographer
- as Girl on the boulevard
- as Seltzer water salesman
References[]
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 219.
- ^ "Ягодка любви". Russia-K.
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