Directed by:
Alexander DovzhenkoScreenplay:
Alexander DovzhenkoPlots(1)
This much lauded pioneering Russian silent film is seen as Ukrainian director Dovzhenko’s best film and often appears on critics international top ten film lists. Dovzhenko was commissioned to make what was intended to be a minor propaganda film to encourage the establishment of farming collectives. Set in the Ukraine it tells of the struggle between the peasants and the kulak, the local landlord. In order to stand up to the opposition, the peasants form a committee headed by Vasili to collectivise the land and stock. They buy a tractor to tear down the fences dividing land, but triumph soon turns to tragedy. The final work in a loose trilogy that also comprises Zvenigora (1928) and Arsenal (1929), Earth is Dovzhenko's celebration of life and an ultimate prayer to nature, the land and those who toil on it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Stepan Shkurat
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Earth (1930)
Chapayev (1934)
Semyon Svashenko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
Arsenal (1929)
Yuliya Solntseva
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
Earth (1930)
Vladimir Mikhaylov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Girl with the Hat Box (1927)
Earth (1930)