The Young Lady and the Hooligan (1918): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1918, The Young Lady and the Hooligan is a drama film directed by Vladimir Mayakovsky, running about 35 minutes.

What it’s about. A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and they are rather rowdy and difficult. All the more as a young hooligan dares write her on a test paper that he loves her. Feeling harassed by the young man, she is defended by other students. But she more or less feels the young bad boy's love is true and when this one is lying on his dying bed, after being stabbed by the other students, she solaces him by kissing him tenderly.

Who’s in it. The Young Lady and the Hooligan stars Vladimir Mayakovsky as the Hooligan, Aleksandra Rebikova as the Teacher and Fedor Dunayev as the Principal.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, The Young Lady and the Hooligan has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Young Lady and the Hooligan page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Young Lady and the Hooligan tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.