''Love's Berries'' (russian: Ягoдка любви, Yagodka lyubvi, uk, Ягідка кохання, Yahidka kokhannia) is a 1926 Soviet
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
by Ukrainian director
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...
. The film was Dovzhenko's debut, and the screenplay was written in three days.
It deals with a dandified barber's attempts to get rid of his "love berry" — his illegitimate offspring.
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
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Maryan Krushelnitsky as Jean Kolbacjuk (as Maryan Krushchelnitsky)
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Margarita Barskaya as Young woman
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Dmitriy Kapka
Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριο ...
as Toys salesman
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Ivan Zamychkovsky as Tolstjak
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Volodimir Lisovsky as Old man on whom the fat man offloads
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A. Belov as Fat client
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L. Chembarsky as Fop on whom the fat man offloads
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N. Zemgano as Photographer
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K. Zapadnaia as Girl on the boulevard
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Nikolai Nademsky as Seltzer water salesman
References
External links
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1926 comedy films
1920s Russian-language films
Soviet comedy films
Russian comedy short films
1926 films
Films directed by Alexander Dovzhenko
Dovzhenko Film Studios films
Ukrainian silent short films
Soviet black-and-white films
Ukrainian black-and-white films
All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration films
1926 short films
Soviet silent short films
Russian black-and-white films
Russian silent short films
Silent comedy films
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