Морока (1925)
It is a social drama that focuses on a peasant village dealing with the struggle of young Komsomol members against old ways of living. The story heavily features themes of combating religious superstitions, prejudices, and a parasitic, phony shaman who exploits uneducated workers with fake medical cures.
- Released
- 1925-01-01
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 63 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yuri Tarich, Evgeniy Ivanov-Barkov
Cast
- Mstislav Kotelnikov as Fyodor Rubakin, Red army soldier
- Aleksandr Zhukov as Yashka Bukhvalov
- Ivan Kachalov as Yashka's father
- Sofya Yakovleva as Grunya Klimova
- Tatyana Barysheva as Peasant girl, Grunya's friend
- Vasiliy Aristov as Yeryomka
- Nadezhda Kovalyova as Lusha, Fyodor's wife
- A. Otradin as Stepan Yelimov
- Konstantin Efimov as Lyagaviy, street beggar
- Aleksandr Andreyev as Kudimych, miller
- A. Dneprova as Makarikha
- S. Zlobin as Shurka, komsomol member