Cinema
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Барышня и хулиган
Yevgeni Slavinsky · 1918
Synopsis
In a village people's school, a young schoolteacher teaches reading and writing to a class of adult men. A local ruffian catches sight of her, falls in love with her and comes to sit among her pupils; instead of doing his exercises, he writes in his notebook “Miss, I love you!”. His declarations disturb the young woman, and, in class, a quarrel soon sets him against other pupils.
Context
The film, produced by the Neptun company, adapts a short story by Edmondo De Amicis, L'Institutrice des ouvriers. Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote the screenplay, co-directed it and plays the part of the hooligan, opposite Alexandra Rebikova; Yevgeni Slavinsky co-directed it and was responsible for the photography, and Vladimir Yegorov for the sets. The film, shot on 35 millimetre, is in the catalogue of the Cinémathèque française.
Who it is for
A short silent melodrama in black and white, worth seeing above all for Mayakovsky, who plays the lead.
Prizes and reception
The poet Mayakovsky is at once screenwriter, co-director and actor in it, according to the Cinémathèque française and OpenSpace.
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