The Literate Man

Name: The Literate Man
Director: Stanislav Chernilevskyi
Released: 1987-01-01
Duration: 28 min
Cast: Yurii Mazhuha, Valentyna Saltovska, Nataliya Gebdovskaya, Bohdan Beniuk, Petro Beniuk

January 1, 1987

28m

An unprecedented piece of news spreads through the village: a comrades’ court is to be held between collective farm brigade leader Yakiv Brus and an old woman named Motria, whom he struck on the head. The village club fills with people eager to sort out what seems to be every pressing issue at once.