The Dam Is Broken

Overview

The film is set in one of the regions of Western Ukraine in the 1920s. A poor peasant, Vasyl, openly opposes the arbitrariness of the lord's authorities. While hunting in the lord's forest, he is captured by soldiers and imprisoned in a dungeon. His beloved girl Lesia, with the help of the villagers, opens the dam, and water begins to flood the manor. Amid the commotion, Vasyl escapes from his captivity.

Cast

Heiri Emirzade

Vasyl

Nina Li

Lesya

A

Anna Agramova

Vasyl‘s mother

V

V. Kolpashnikov

Lesya‘s father

Y

Yuriy Krestinskiy

Yurka, shepherd boy