Peasant Women
About Peasant Women
Collective farmers on the Volga form the first all-woman fishing brigade. They put Varvara Kladova in charge. Her husband Stepan has been unfaithful. After the first trouble, the women outfish the men's brigade, and Stepan looks at her differently.
Cast & crew
More about Peasant Women
Vladimir Batalov directed it and also acts. Mariya Smirnova wrote it. Alla Tarasova plays Varvara. Lev Shvarts wrote the music. Mosfilm released it in 1940. It runs 88 minutes.
Themes
Look
Aleksandr Galperin photographed the Volga fishing brigade.
Music
Lev Shvarts wrote the music.
Notes
- Andrei Abrikosov, Emma Tsesarskaya, Inna Fyodorova, and Aleksandra Danilova are billed.
- The Russian title is Бабы.
- Varvara is described as quiet, and the brigade is the first made up of women.
Scenes
- The women take the boats out as their own brigade.
- They come in ahead of the men's catch.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1940 Бабы.webm)
