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Still from The Peasant Women of Ryazan — The Peasant Women of Ryazan (1927) — Olga PreobrazhenskayaPhotographed by Konstantin Kuznetsov

Poster for The Peasant Women of Ryazan

Olga Preobrazhenskaya

The Peasant Women of Ryazan

Бабы рязанские

Russian / 1927 / 1h 28m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

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Synopsis

The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna and her lively and energetic sister-in-law Vasilisa, who openly defies the old way of life.

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May 2021
Position 66

Credits

Crew

DirectorOlga Preobrazhenskaya

WriterOlga Vishnevskaya, Boris Altshuler

CinematographerKonstantin Kuznetsov

ComposerSergey Dreznin

Cast

Kuzma Yastrebetsky

as Wassilij Schironin

Olga Narbekovaas Matwejewna, his wife (as O. Narbekova)

Elena Maksimovaas A soldier widow

Georgy Bobyninas Iwan

Emma Tsesarskayaas Wassilissa

Raisa Puzhnayaas Anna

Ivan Savelyevas Nicolai, the blacksmith

Gulya Korolyova

Inna Fyodorovaas (as Inna Fedorova)

E. Safonovaas Aunt Alena

The Peasant Women of Ryazan (1927) | Criteria