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Behind the Monastery Wall

01/15/1928

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0hr 58min

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Drama

STORY

The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in misery. Especially, the family of the peasant named Levin. He is forced to give away his last horse, his son Andrii is imprisoned, his daughter Nastia becomes a maid of a rich landlord. Trying to prevent the master’s harassment, Nastia escapes and gets to the nunnery. She can see the other life of the nuns who manufacture false relics, drink alcohol and kill children. Nastia ends up in the basement for resisting one of the “spiritual pastors.” Meanwhile, her brother Andrii escapes from prison. He stirs up a rebellion and saves his sister. The film is lost.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Nina Li
  • Matviy Lyarov
  • Nikolay Kuchinskiy
  • A. Ostashevsky
  • Morshchikova

    Director

  • Pyotr Chardynin

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • VUFKU

    Production Countries

  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Nina Li

    Nastya Levina

    Matviy Lyarov

    Nedzelnitskiy

    Nikolay Kuchinskiy

    Priest

    A. Ostashevsky

    Bishop Straton

    Morshchikova

    Mother hegumeness

    L. Nordt-Lundina

    Manefa

    Anastasia Suvorina

    Old nun

    Arseni Kuts

    Andrey Levin, Nastya's brother

    Borys Bezhin

    Monk

    K. Rudakov

    Handicap