Love's Berries
Love's Berries (Russian: Ягoдка Любви, romanized: Yagodka lyubvi, Ukrainian: Ягідки кохання, romanized: Yahidky kokhannya) is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Alexander 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]
| Ягoдка Любви / Ягідки кохання (Love's Berries) | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Written by | Alexander Dovzhenko] |
| Starring | Margarita Chardynina-Barska Dmitri Kapka Maryan Krushelnytsky Nikolai Nademsky Ivan Zamychkovsky |
| Cinematography | Danylo Demutsky |
| Edited by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Distributed by | VUFKU-Odessa |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Silent film Russian intertitles |
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