Film

Caprice of Catherine ІІ

1928 · History · Drama

The film is based on V. Yurezanskyi’s novel The Missing Village about the struggle of Ukrainian Cossacks for their freedom during the reign of Catherine II. Free Cossacks from the village of Turbai in Poltava region, who were included in registers of Myrhorod Pact, suddenly find out that at the order of Catherine II they become the property of the Ukrainian landlord, pan Bazylevskyi. He treats Cossacks like his usual serfs. Cossacks ask the empress for help, but receive no reply. Then, they rebel and set Bazylevskyi’s estate on fire. The owner and his family die during the fire. The vengeance of the Russian empress is terrible, as dozens of Cossacks are beaten to death, and the village of Turbai is doomed to destruction. The film is lost.

Mykola Nademskyi

Korbe’s script

Vasyl Krasenko

one of rebels

Borys Karlash-Verbytskyi

a drummer

Heorhiy Astafyev

executioners

P. Kostenko

Oleksii Kharlamov

Proshka

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Papko, an otaman

Leonid Barbe

Korbe, an advisor

V. Arhutynska

empress Catherine II

Yuri Chernyshov

Ivan Bazylevskyi

P. Osadchiy

Maria Parshina

Ustia, Marianna's house serf

Boris Tamarin

Vladimir Uralskiy

Turbay walker

• Pyotr ChardyninDirector
• Volodymyr YurezanskyiWriter
• O. HatovWriter
• Danylo DemutskyDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 1928

Status

Released

Original language

Ukrainian

Genres

History, Drama