CinemaOSMovie · 1928 · 0h 58m

Behind the Monastery Wall

Drama

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.

Directed byPyotr Chardynin

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 58m
Language
RU
Released
January 15, 1928
Studios
VUFKU

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Nina Li

Nina Li

Nastya Levina

Matvei Lyarov

Matvei Lyarov

Nedzelnitskiy

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Mykola Kuchynskyi

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

Borys Bezhin

Monk

K. Rudakov

Handicap

Creative team
Directed by
Pyotr Chardynin
Pyotr Chardynin
Written by
A. Usatyuk
Boris Shcharansky

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