Release Date

11 Jul, 1959

Runtime

01:21: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colourful, convivial and dancing shots of the “Pabieda” (Victory) kolkhoz, where peasant women sing in the fields, and boys march with banners glorifying revolution. Against this backdrop, intense romantic feelings have reached a climactic stage; tailor Sidor Sidorovich, farmer Jushka and soldier Danila Petrovich all dote on the fair-haired Odarka. It is Jushka and Danila who engage in overt hostility; the initial “gentlemen’s” contest turns into an outright confrontation, resulting in miserable Jushka being increasingly more desperate and scorned by the villagers.

Original Title

Перший парубок

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Actors

Lyudmyla Sosyura

Yuri Satarov

Grigori Karpov

Varvara Chayka

Boris Matveyev

Микола Яковченко

Mykola Shutko

Crew

Sergei Parajanov

Viktor Bezorudko

Pyotr Lubenskiy

Aleksey Yarmolskiy

Valeriy Novakov

Yevhen Zubtsov

Nina Avramenko

Serhiy Revenko

Pavlo Hlazovyi