Love's Berries
1926 film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
- 1926 (1926)
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Love's Berries (Russian: Ягoдка любви, romanized: Yagodka lyubvi, Ukrainian: Ягідка кохання, romanized: Yahidka kokhannia) is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr 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
- Maryan Krushelnitsky as Jean Kolbacjuk (as Maryan Krushchelnitsky)
- Margarita Barskaya as Young woman
- Dmitriy Kapka as Toys salesman
- Ivan Zamychkovsky as Tolstjak
- Volodimir Lisovsky as Old man on whom the fat man offloads
- A. Belov as Fat client
- L. Chembarsky as Fop on whom the fat man offloads
- N. Zemgano as Photographer
- K. Zapadnaia as Girl on the boulevard
- Nikolai Nademsky as Seltzer water salesman
References
External links
- Love's Berries at IMDb
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Films directed by Alexander Dovzhenko
- Love's Berries
- The Diplomatic Pouch
- Zvenigora
- Arsenal
- Earth
- Ivan
- Aerograd
- Shchors
- Ukraine in Flames
- Michurin
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