Bezhin Meadow’ is a reconstruction, using photographs, of a lost, unfinished Eisenstein film from 1935-37. It is set against the background of the collectivisation of agriculture and based on a true story of the death of a young pioneer whose father considered him to be an enemy of his class. Also available on VHS.
Credits: Director, Sergei Eisenstein ; photography, E. Tisse. Note: ‘Bezhin Meadow’ reconstructed in 1968 by Sergei Yutkevich and Naum Kleimann with music by Sergei Prokofiev
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ACMI Identifier
F000042
Languages
English
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Soviet Union - History
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Soviet Union - Social life and customs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - Soviet Union
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Socialism - Soviet Union
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Soviet Union - Social conditions
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
35mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)