Love's Berries

Love's Berries (Russian: Ягoдка любви, romanized: Yagodka lyubvi, Ukrainian: Ягідка кохання, romanized: Yahidka kokhannia) is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr 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]

Ягoдка любви / Ягідка кохання (Love's Berries)
Directed by	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Written by	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Starring	Margarita Chardynina-Barska Dmitri Kapka Maryan Krushelnytsky Nikolai Nademsky Ivan Zamychkovsky
Cinematography	Danylo Demutsky
Edited by	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Distributed by	VUFKU-Odessa
Release date	1926 (1926)
Running time	25 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent film Russian intertitles

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, was borrowed by her from her Aunt.

Cast

• Maryan Krushelnitsky as Jean Kolbacjuk (as Maryan Krushchelnitsky)
• Margarita Barskaya as Young woman
• Dmitriy Kapka as Toys salesman
• Ivan Zamychkovsky as Tolstjak
• Volodimir Lisovsky as Old man on whom the fat man offloads
• A. Belov as Fat client
• L. Chembarsky as Fop on whom the fat man offloads
• N. Zemgano as Photographer
• K. Zapadnaia as Girl on the boulevard
• Nikolai Nademsky as Seltzer water salesman

References

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

External links

• Love's Berries at IMDb