Underplayed Gems

The Lady and the Hooligan (1918)

The Lady and the Hooligan poster
Original title
Барышня и хулиган
Directed by
Yevgeny Slavinsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Russia
Runtime
35 min
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young teacher attracts the attention of a rough street hooligan who begins to pursue her. The film shows their interactions and the resulting tension between different social worlds.

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What happens

The Lady and the Hooligan (Russian: Барышня и хулиган, romanized: Baryshnya i khuligan) is a 1918 Russian silent film co-directed by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Yevgeni Slavinsky. The script, written by Mayakovsky, is based on the story La maestrina degli operai (The Workers' Young Schoolmistress) by Edmondo De Amicis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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