Earth (Zemlya)
1930·Soviet Union (USSR)·75 min.
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Dovzhenko's "film poem" style brings to life the collective experience of life for the Ukranian proles, examining natural cycles through his epic montage. He explores life, death, violence, sex, and other issues as they relate to the collective farms. An idealistic vision of the possibilities of Communism made just before Stalinism set in and the Kulack class was liquidated, "Earth" was viewed negatively by many Soviets because of its exploration of death and other dark issues that come with revolution.
DirectorAleksandr Dovzhenko
ScreenwriterAleksandr Dovzhenko
CinematographyDaniil Demutsky
CastStepan Shkurat·Semyon Svashenko·Yuliya Solntseva·Yelena Maksimova·Nikolai Nademsky·Ivan Franko·Pyotr Masokha·Vladimir Mikhajlov
Original titleZemlya