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Karmelyuk (1931)

Directed by Faust Lopatinsky

Overview

About the uprising of Ukrainian peasants under the leadership of the national hero Karmelyuk against landowners and Polish gentry. In the 1830s, Young Count Piglovsky returns to his estate from Paris. The carriage in which he is riding is surrounded by rebellious peasants. Their attempt to hang the master is canceled almost at the last moment, because it is not the count in the carriage, but his lackey - Ustym Karmelyuk. Ustym really serves as a lackey in the count’s house and at the same time leads a peasant uprising. The government sends the army. In a fierce fight, Karmelyuk is almost captured, but he is saved by one of the serfs.

Length 67 minutes

Actors

Les Podorozhnij | Stepan Shagaida | Zinajda Pigulovich | Valentina Rovinskaya | Boris Karlash-Verbitsky | A. Nitkin | Maksim Astafiyev