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Earth / Zemlya

"Земля" (1930 год) - исследование жизни украинских крестьян в колхозах. Через призму режиссерского видения прошли и жизнь, и смерть, насилие, секс, любовь... Довженко показывает идиализацию коммунистичсекого строя, при это рассказывая об уничтожении "кулаков".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.

Production year:	1930
Country	USSR
Duration:	89 min.
Format	Black and White
Director:	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Camera:	Daniil Demutsky
Editing:	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Screenplay:	Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Music:	Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Lev Revutsky
Cast:	Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko , Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova, Nikolai Nademsky
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