Love's Berries

Love's Berries is a 1926 Soviet comedy film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko. The film was Dovzhenko's debut, and the screenplay was written in three days. It deals with a dandified barber's attempts to get rid of his "love berry" — his illegitimate offspring. Plot Hairdresser Jean Colbasiuc learns from his girlfriend about an unexpected materialization of their child. Not ready to be a father, the young man tries to get rid of the baby left in his care. After a few unsuccessful attempts to place the baby onto unsuspecting citizens, by this time Colbasiuc receives a notice from the People's Court, agrees to the registration of marriage and only then learns from Lisa that the child, who served as a catalyst for the incident, was borrowed by her from her Aunt. Cast Maryan Krushelnitsky as Jean Kolbacjuk (as Maryan Krushchelnitsky) Margarita Barskaya as Young woman Dmitriy Kapka as Toys salesman Ivan Zamychkovsky as Tolstjak Volodimir Lisovsky as Old man on whom the fat man offloads A. Belov as Fat client L. Chembarsky as Fop on whom the fat man offloads N. Zemgano as Photographer K. Zapadnaia as Girl on the boulevard Nikolai Nademsky as Seltzer water salesman References