The Peasant Women of Ryazan

The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna and her lively and energetic sister-in-law Vasilisa, who openly defies the old way of life.

Cast

Kuzma Yastrebetsky

as Vasiliy Shironin

Olga Narbekova

as Matveevna

Elena Maksimova

as Lukerya

Georgy Bobynin

as Ivan Shironin

Emma Tsesarskaya

as Vasilisa

Raisa Puzhnaya

as Anna

Ivan Savelyev

as Nicolai, the blacksmith

Gulya Korolyova

Inna Fyodorova

as (uncredited)

Galina Malinovskaya

as (uncredited)

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