The Young Lady and the Hooligan
About The Young Lady and the Hooligan
A schoolmistress comes to teach men and boys to read and write. The hooligan Lava sees her on the street, falls in love, and starts coming to class. When another student breaks up a lesson, Lava beats him. The student, his father, and friends stab Lava in a fight. Dying, he asks his mother to fetch the teacher. She kisses him, and he dies.
Cast & crew
More about The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Vladimir Mayakovsky and Yevgeni Slavinsky directed it. Mayakovsky wrote it from Edmondo De Amicis's story La maestrina degli operai. Mayakovsky plays Lava. Aleksandra Rebikova plays the schoolmistress. Fyodor Dunayev plays the school director. Neptun-Film produced it in 1918. It runs 43 minutes. A timed copy runs 42 minutes 56 seconds.
Themes
Look
Yevgeni Slavinsky, who also directed, photographed the classroom and the street.
Preservation
A timed copy runs 42 minutes 56 seconds.
Notes
- The Russian title is Барышня и хулиган.
- Lava writes his feeling into the class and then takes the teacher's side in a fight.
- The story source is an Italian tale about a schoolmistress of workmen.
Scenes
- Lava sees the teacher in the street and then sits in her class.
- He beats the student who wrecks the lesson.
- She kisses him after the stabbing, and he dies.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Lady and the Hooligan (1918).webm)