Морока

(1925)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1925

Runtime: 63 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Юрий Тарич, Евгений Иванов-Барков

Cast: Мстислав Котельников, Александр Жуков, Ivan Kachalov, Софья Яковлева, Татьяна Барышева, Vasiliy Aristov, Надежда Ковалёва, A. Otradin, Konstantin Efimov, Aleksandr Andreyev

Plot

It is a social drama that focuses on a peasant village dealing with the struggle of young Komsomol members against old ways of living. The story heavily features themes of combating religious superstitions, prejudices, and a parasitic, phony shaman who exploits uneducated workers with fake medical cures.