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Earth (1930)
Zemlya (original title)

75 min  -  Drama  -   17 October 1930 (USA)
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In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Stepan Shkurat Stepan Shkurat ...
Opanas (as S. Shkurat)
Semyon Svashenko Semyon Svashenko ...
Vasili 'Basil' Opanas (as S. Svashenko)
Yuliya Solntseva Yuliya Solntseva ...
Vasili's sister (as Yu. Solntseva)
Yelena Maksimova Yelena Maksimova ...
Natalya, Vasili's fiancee (as Ye. Maksimova)
Nikolai Nademsky Nikolai Nademsky ...
Semyon 'Simon' Opanas (as N. Nademsky)
Ivan Franko Ivan Franko ...
Arkhip Whitehorse, Khoma's father (as I. Franko)
Pyotr Masokha Pyotr Masokha ...
Khoma 'Thomas' Whitehorse (as P. Masokha)
Vladimir Mikhajlov Vladimir Mikhajlov ...
Village priest (as V. Mikhajlov)
Pavel Petrik Pavel Petrik ...
Young party-cell leader (as P. Petrik)
P. Umanets P. Umanets ...
Chairman of the village Farm Soviet
Ye. Bondina Ye. Bondina ...
Farm girl
Luka Lyashenko Luka Lyashenko ...
Young Kulak (as L. Lyashenko)
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Storyline

Dovzhenko's "film poem" style brings to life the collective experience of life for the Ukranian proles, examining natural cycles through his epic montage. He explores life, death, violence, sex, and other issues as they relate to the collective farms. An idealistic vision of the possibilities of Communism made just before Stalinism set in and the Kulack class was liquidated, "Earth" was viewed negatively by many Soviets because of its exploration of death and other dark issues that come with revolution. Written by Jeff Walker <star5780@ix.netcom.com>  

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Death | Kulak | Countryside | Farm | Farmer  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Земля See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

VUFKU See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (1991 Kino video)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

This film was voted one of the ten greatest films of all time by a group of 117 film historians at the 1958 Brussels World Fair. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Life as a Dream (2007) See more »