Earth (1930)

Original title

Земля

Directed by

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 154 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Ukrainian village experiences the social upheaval of collectivization. The story follows peasants as they face resistance from wealthy landowners and grapple with the changes to their way of life.

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What happens

Earth (Russian: «Земля», Ukrainian: «Земля», romanized: Zemlya) is a 1930 Soviet Ukrainian silent film by Alexander Dovzhenko. The film concerns the process of collectivization and the hostility of kulak landowners under the First Five-Year Plan. It is the third film, with Zvenigora and Arsenal, of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy". The script was inspired by Dovzhenko's life and experience of the process of collectivization in his native Ukraine. That process, which was the backdrop of the film and its production, informed its reception in the Soviet Union, which was largely negative. Earth is commonly regarded as Dovzhenko's masterpiece and as one of the greatest films ever made. The film was voted number 10 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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