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The Lady and the Hooligan

191843 minRussia
Drama

Synopsis

A young teacher arrives to give literacy lessons to the boys and men of a small community. A local troublemaker falls in love with her and begins attending the class. His impulse to defend her through violence brings retaliation, placing his hope of changing his life in conflict with the habits that made him feared.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian.
This copy runs
42:55
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Vladimir Mayakovsky, Yevgeni Slavinsky · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsVladimir MayakovskyYevgeni Slavinsky

Inspirations

Mayakovsky adapted Edmondo De Amicis's story about a teacher of workers and also played the central male role. His involvement as writer, performer and co-director makes this an unusual meeting of his literary work and early cinema.

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