Tavriya (Russian: Таврия) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Yuriy Lysenko. Based on the novel of the same name by Oles Honchar.
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Plot
Taurida Governorate, Falz-Fein steppe empire. The fates of the two friends Vusti and Hanna are different: Vostya fell in love with the revolutionary Leonid Bronnikov and she herself decided to follow his path. Hanna's dream is to become rich. She falls in love with the son of the Falz-Fein millionaires. But the maid fails to become a mistress: the landowner Sophia Falz-Fein drives Hanna out of the estate. Hard working conditions at work in the landlord economies give rise to solidarity and strong friendship between Russians and Ukrainians. They rebel against their oppressor landowner Falz-Fein.
Cast
Dmitriy Kapka as old man Levko
Maria Kapnist as Hegumeness
Olga Lysenko as Vustya
Yuri Maksimov as Leonid Bronnikov
Ivan Ryzhov as Mokeich
Larisa Shepitko as Ganna
Oleg Zhakov as Ivan Timofeevich Murashko
Natalia Gitserot as Sophia Falz-Fein