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Release Date: 08 Sun, Nov 1925
The film takes place during the pre-revolutionary years and the initial period of the Soviet regime. At a monastery shelter in one of Russia's western towns, orphan Yulka gives birth to a son from the shepherd Jerome. Matron of the shelter Pavlikha as directed by the father kills the newborn baby and disposes of the corpse in the Jewish Quarter. The Black Hundreds are spreading the rumor that the murder was committed by the Jews for ritual purposes. Mayhem arises which is supported by the authorities of the city. The church refuses to shelter Jews fleeing from the violent thugs.
as Ieronim Desnitskiy
as Mariyka
as Commissar Galinskiy
as Shur, the vicar
as Yulka, Mariyka's sister
as Pavlikha
as Archbishop
as Ksendz
as (uncredited)
as Ksendz
as Jewish girl (uncredited)
as Hooligan (uncredited)
as The rioter (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as His Excellency (uncredited)
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