The Lady and the Hooligan (1918)

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

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.

silentblack-and-whitedramaticromanticpoignantclassicstraightforward

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)

Trailer

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