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Virgin Soil Upturned (1960)

Virgin Soil Upturned poster
Original title
Поднятая целина
Directed by
Aleksandr Ivanov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
4h 38m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of rural workers in the Soviet Union deal with changes to their farming and way of life during a period of intense social transformation. The film follows their struggles and conflicts as they adjust to new collective farming policies.

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What happens

Virgin Soil Upturned (Russian: Поднятая целина, romanized: Podnyataya tselina) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Ivanov. Based on Mikhail Sholokhov's novel with the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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