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Aleksandr Dovzhenko's classic film tells of a group of Ukrainian peasants who unite to purchase a tractor. Their leader is killed by the local kulak who fears any threat to his authority but the group's strength, like the earth they work, continues. Undeniably a film of its time in terms of the politics portrayed, it endures because of the director's stunning techniques and framing, years ahead of his contemporaries

Alternative title(s):

Zemlya

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1930) (Soviet Union) (3 Star)

Cast:

Stepan Shkurat	.... Opanas
Semyon Svashenko	.... Vasili 'Basil' Opanas
Yuliya Solntseva	.... Vasili's sister
Yelena Maksimova	.... Natalya Vasili's fiancee
Nikolai Nademsky	.... Semyon 'Simon' Opanas
Ivan Franko	.... Arkhip Whitehorse Khoma's father

Supporting Cast:

Pyotr Masokha	.... Khoma 'Thomas' Whitehorse
Vladimir Mikhajlov	.... Village priest
Pavel Petrik	.... Young party-cell leader
P. Umanets	.... Chairman of the village Farm Soviet
Ye. Bondina	.... Farm girl
Luka Lyashenko	.... Young Kulak

Directors:

Alexander Dovzhenko

Writers:

Aleksandr Dovzhenko