Love's Berries

Ягoдка Любви / Ягідки кохання (Love's Berries)
Ягoдка Любви / Ягідки кохання (Love's Berries)
Directed by	Alexander Dovzhenko
Written by	Alexander Dovzhenko]
Starring	Margarita Chardynina-Barska; Dmitri Kapka; Maryan Krushelnytsky; Nikolai Nademsky; Ivan Zamychkovsky
Cinematography	Danylo Demutsky
Edited by	Alexander Dovzhenko
Distributed by	VUFKU-Odessa
Release date	1926;
Running time	30 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent film; Russian intertitles

Love's Berries (Russian: Ягoдка Любви, romanized: Yagodka lyubvi, Ukrainian: Ягідки кохання, romanized: Yahidky kokhannya) is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. The film was Dovzhenko's debut and the screenplay was written in three days.^[1] It deals with a dandified barber's attempts to get rid of his "love berry" - his illegitimate offspring.^[2]

Plot

Hairdresser Jean Colbasiuc learns from his girlfriend about an unexpected materialization of their child. Not ready to be a father, the young man tries to get rid of the baby left in his care. After a few unsuccessful attempts to place the baby onto unsuspecting citizens, by this time Colbasiuc receives a notice from the People's Court, agrees to the registration of marriage and only then learns from Lisa that the child, who served as a catalyst for the incident, she borrowed from her Aunt.

References

^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 219.
^ "Ягодка любви". Russia-K.

External links

Love's Berries at IMDb

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[leyda-1] Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 219.

[2] "Ягодка любви". Russia-K.

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