
Cheerful and mischievous lad Gritsko offers young Parasya his hand and his heart on the first day of the fair in Sorochyntsi. The girl's father, Cherevik, presents no objection – her stepmother, however, is furious, and refuses to recognise their relationship; Cherevik drunkenly relents. Gritsko alone bemoans his sadness, whereupon a gypsy presents him a deal – Gritsko will sell his oxen to the gypsy if the latter can successfully make Parasya's parents accept their union.
Directed by Nikolai Ekk
User score
2 votes
Released
June 19, 1939
1h 34m
Ukrainian

Valentyna Ivashova
Parasia
Oleksandr Korotkevych
Hrytsko

Anton Dunaiskyi
Solopii Cherevyk

Varvara Chaika
Khyvria
Frants Glovatskyi
Tsybulia

Tatyana Barysheva
Kuma
Anton Bizev
gypsy

Vitaliy Perezhogin
Afanasii Ivanovych
Nadezhda Mikhaylova
gypsy (singing)

Aleksandra Kononova
gypsy (dancing)
Andrii Nastenko
Tsybulko

Dmytro Kapka
barker, devil, schoolboy, old man
Raisa Raisova-Grebennikova
Seller (uncredited)