Behind the Monastery Wall
1928, RU. Directed by Pyotr Chardynin.
The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in misery. Especially, the family of the peasant named Levin. He is forced to give away his last horse, his son Andrii is imprisoned, his daughter Nastia becomes a maid of a rich landlord. Trying to prevent the master’s harassment, Nastia escapes and gets to the nunnery. She can see the other life of the nuns who manufacture false relics, drink alcohol and kill children. Nastia ends up in the basement for resisting one of the “spiritual pastors.” Meanwhile, her brother Andrii escapes from prison. He stirs up a rebellion and saves his sister. The film is lost.
- Runtime
- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
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Cast & crew
- Pyotr ChardyninDirector
- Nina LiNastya Levina
- Matvei LyarovNedzelnitskiy
- Mykola KuchynskyiPriest
- A. OstashevskyBishop Straton
- MorshchikovaMother hegumeness
- L. Nordt-LundinaManefa
- Anastasia SuvorinaOld nun
- Arseni KutsAndrey Levin, Nastya's brother
- Borys BezhinMonk
- K. RudakovHandicap
- A. BelovFat monk
- Anna ObukhovichKlanya
Details
- Released
- 15 January 1928
- Original title
- За монастырской стеной
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- A. Usatyuk, Boris Shcharansky, Nikolay Yatko
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Behind the Monastery Wall runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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Behind the Monastery Wall isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 January 1928. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Behind the Monastery Wall?
Behind the Monastery Wall (1928) was directed by Pyotr Chardynin and stars Nina Li, Matvei Lyarov, Mykola Kuchynskyi.