The First Lad
1959 · 81 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 158 VOTES · DIR. Sergei Parajanov
Overview
A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colourful, convivial and dancing shots of the “Pabieda” (Victory) kolkhoz, where peasant women sing in the fields, and boys march with banners glorifying revolution. Against this backdrop, intense romantic feelings have reached a climactic stage; tailor Sidor Sidorovich, farmer Jushka and soldier Danila Petrovich all dote on the fair-haired Odarka. It is Jushka and Danila who engage in overt hostility; the initial “gentlemen’s” contest turns into an outright confrontation, resulting in miserable Jushka being increasingly more desperate and scorned by the villagers.
Dialogue Timeline — 822 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Spring
00:02:33 You're joking.
00:06:01 Or would you rather Crepe Georgette? For a look you won't forget
00:09:25 I've been thinking...
00:13:56 Oh, mother I want to marry!
00:17:33 Look out!
00:19:52 Danila and Natasha.
00:22:28 Come to me my girl, Reply to my pounding heart
00:26:53 Like this
00:30:51 Look at us all
00:38:55 To work, brave soldier.
00:41:43 - Come on, who's turn now? - Alright then, I will.
00:45:41 My boy, my darling, he's sleeping
00:49:06 It's their first match.
00:50:51 1-0 to the visitors.
00:53:17 Who's stopped the ball?
00:55:48 Now we're quits.
00:59:15 How glorious it is, on this beautiful spring night.
01:03:25 Come on!
01:06:56 Imbecile!
01:11:11 Who's the bridegroom?
01:14:14 He likes to be notified.
01:17:47 that their riches pour like grain
01:20:29 Subtitles: Corvusalbus