O you—Russian fate, a woman’s lot!
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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..."
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Director: Boris Svetlov
Nikolay Gasilov
as Yegor, a well-off peasant
Ursula Krug
as Anna (Yegor's wife)
Yelena Chaika
as Marisha (Yegor's daughter)
Veronika Buzhinskaya
as Marya, Vasiliy's wife
Vasili Kozhura
as Yakov, the landowner’s coachman
F. Mishin
as Father Methodius, village priest
Lazar Antsi-Polovskiy
as Panteleimon, Yegor’s drinking companion
D. Bronevitskiy
as Landowner
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