Women of Ryazan (1927)

Original title

Бабы рязанские

Directed by

Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young women in a rural Russian village face very different fates. One follows tradition and ends in tragedy while the other rebels against the old ways and chooses her own path.

earthypoignantcontemplativebittersweetatmosphericmelancholicunderstatedslow-paced

What happens

Women of Ryazan or The Peasant Women of Riazan (Russian: Бабы рязанские, romanized: Baby ryazanskie) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and co-directed by Ivan Pravov, starring Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Olga Narbekova and Yelena Maksimova. This is the fourth feature film Preobrazhenskaya directed. In this film, "she reveals her belief in the strength of a simple plot, and her penchant for portraying folk traditions and for conveying a sense of the beauty and freshness of her native countryside." The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna, who commits suicide at the end, and her lively and energetic sister-in-law Vasilisa, who openly defies the old way of life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Your Acquaintance (1927)
• The Whirlpool (1927)
• Khaspush (1927)
• Balıqçılar (1927)
• The Slave (1927)
• The Girl from a Far River (1928)
• Ордер на жизнь (1927)
• Nest of Wasps (1927)