Generous Summer (1951)

Original title

Щедрое лето

Directed by

Boris Barnet

Genre

comedy drama, musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

On a collective farm in Ukraine, the community prepares for a bountiful harvest. Young people find romance and friendship while working together in the fields.

lightheartedcheerfulslow-pacedwholesomepastoralmusicalnostalgicearthy

What happens

Bountiful Summer (Russian: Щедрое лето, romanized: Shchedroe leto) is a 1951 Soviet musical comedy drama film directed by Boris Barnet and starring Nina Arkhipova, Nikolay Kryuchkov and Viktor Dobrovolsky. The film is set on a collective farm in Ukraine. It was shot at the Kiev Film Studio in 1950, but released the following year. It was also released in America the same year in a subtitled version by Artkino Pictures. The film was shot using a version of the sovcolor process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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