Bezhin lug (1937)

A Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.

Director:

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Writers:

Isaak Babel, Sergei M. Eisenstein,

Stars:

Viktor Kartashov, Nikolay Khmelyov, Pyotr Arzhanov

Cast

Credited cast:
Viktor Kartashov	...	Stepok (as Vitya Kartashov)
Nikolay Khmelyov	...	Peasant
Pyotr Arzhanov	...	Political Commissioner (as Pavel Ardzhanov)
Yekaterina Teleshova	...	President of Kolkhoz
Nikolai Maslov	...	Arsonist
Yakov Zajtsev
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanislav Rostotsky	...	Boy
Boris Zakhava	...	Stepok's Father

Storyline

A Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.

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Plot Keywords:

father | anti clericalism | father son relationship | burial | bird | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

29 March 2009 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Bezhin Meadow

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii (GUK)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

31 min 31 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sergei M. Eisenstein reportedly claimed to have a print of this film hidden away where one one could find it. In the 60 years since his death a print has not been found. It is believed to have been among the cans of film the Soviet government removed from Eisenstein's home the morning after his death.

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Connections

Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1988)

User Reviews

A tragic loss

This retelling of a classic Communist, collectivist tale is one of the greatest losses to Communism the cinematic world has felt. Destroyed by the Soviets along with several other banned films, restoration artists were able to, more or less successfully, piece the story together again, from the damaged original negative, as a series of stills and a rehashed set of intertitles. The dynamism that must have accompanied the moving images of this film has, unfortunately been lost, but the stills themselves are fantastic, and a great tribute to Eisenstein's art.