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Women of Ryazan or The Peasant Women of Riazan is a 1927 Soviet silent drama film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and co-directed by Ivan Pravov, starring Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Olga Narbekova and Yelena Maksimova.
This is the fourth feature film Preobrazhenskaya directed. In this film, ``she reveals her belief in the strength of a simple plot, and her penchant for portraying folk traditions and for conveying a sense of the beauty and freshness of her native countryside."
Original Release
12/13/1927
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kuzma Yastrebitsky | Wassilij Schironin |
| Olga Narbekova | Matwejewna, his wife / Matwejewna, his wife (as O. Narbekova) |
| Yelena Maksimova | A soldier widow |
| Georgi Bobynin | Iwan |
| Emma Tsesarskaya | Wassilissa |
| Raisa Puzhnaya | Anna |
| Ivan Savelyev | Nicolai, the blacksmith |
| Gulya Korolyova | |
| Inna Fyodorova | (as Inna Fedorova) |
| E. Safonova | Aunt Alena |
Directors
Ivan Pravov, Olga Preobrazhenskaya
Writers
Boris Altshuler, Olga Vishnevskaya
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kuzma Yastrebitsky | Wassilij Schironin |
| Olga Narbekova | Matwejewna, his wife / Matwejewna, his wife (as O. Narbekova) |
| Yelena Maksimova | A soldier widow |
| Georgi Bobynin | Iwan |
| Emma Tsesarskaya | Wassilissa |
| Raisa Puzhnaya | Anna |
| Ivan Savelyev | Nicolai, the blacksmith |
| Gulya Korolyova | |
| Inna Fyodorova | (as Inna Fedorova) |
| E. Safonova | Aunt Alena |
