The Dam Is Broken

(1928)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1928

Runtime: 52 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Mikhail Kapchinsky

Cast: Хайри Эмир-заде, Нина Ли, Анна Аграмова, V. Kolpashnikov, Юрій Крестинський, Nikolay Bukaev, Anastasia Suvorina, K. Mikhaylova, Георгий Хорьков, Б. Гончаров

Plot

The film is set in one of the regions of Western Ukraine in the 1920s. A poor peasant, Vasyl, openly opposes the arbitrariness of the lord's authorities. While hunting in the lord's forest, he is captured by soldiers and imprisoned in a dungeon. His beloved girl Lesia, with the help of the villagers, opens the dam, and water begins to flood the manor. Amid the commotion, Vasyl escapes from his captivity.