The First Lad

Synopsis

A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colourful, convivial and dancing shots of the “Pabieda” (Victory) kolkhoz, where peasant women sing in the fields, and boys march with banners glorifying revolution. Against this backdrop, intense romantic feelings have reached a climactic stage; tailor Sidor Sidorovich, farmer Jushka and soldier Danila Petrovich all dote on the fair-haired Odarka. It is Jushka and Danila who engage in overt hostility; the initial “gentlemen’s” contest turns into an outright confrontation, resulting in miserable Jushka being increasingly more desperate and scorned by the villagers.

Main Cast

Lyudmyla Sosyura

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Yuri Satarov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Grigori Karpov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Varvara Chayka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Boris Matveyev

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Mykola Yakovchenko

Age : 74 | Popularity : 8%

Mykola Shutko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Pyotr Lubenskiy Viktor Bezorudko
	Lyricist	Pavlo Hlazovyi
Directing	Director	Sergei Parajanov
Production	Producer	Aleksey Yarmolskiy
Art	Art Direction	Valeriy Novakov
Crew	Compositor	Yevhen Zubtsov
	Cinematography	Serhiy Revenko
Sound	Sound Engineer	Nina Avramenko
Department	Role	Name

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