Earth = Zemlia (TEFC)

This classic Soviet film tells the story of a farming community in Iaresky in the Ukraine and of a landowner who refuses to hand over his land for a collective farm. However more importantly is the rustic beauty of this film in its telling of life, love and death. Cast: Simon Svashenko (Basil), Stephen Shukurat (Basil’s father), Peter Masokna (Thomas Whitehorse), Ellen Maximova (Basil’s fiancee). Note: Original Russian film soundtrack suffered of poor quality so was replaced by music score and English subtitles (added by Black Hawk Films) and the Russian dialogue removed.

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Credits

production company

VUFKU

Black Hawk Films

director

Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko

Duration

01:28:15:00

Production places

Soviet Union

Production dates

1930

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013697

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - Soviet Union

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union

History → History

Silent films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Soviet Union, 1930

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