Earth (1930)

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NR 1 hr 24 minOct 17th, 1930DramaUkraine Trilogy PosterPart of Ukraine Trilogy
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
StarringStepan ShkuratSemyon SvashenkoYuliya Solntseva
DirectorAlexander Dovzhenko
WriterAlexander Dovzhenko

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 17th, 1930
Original Language:Ukrainian
Production Companies:VUFKU, Kyivska Kinofabryka
Movie Tags:
silent filmfarmcommunismrural settingproletariat

Ukraine Trilogy

Alexander Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (Zvenigora, Arsenal, and Earth), although underappreciated by some contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary), is his most well-known work in the West.