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During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
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Part of Ukraine Trilogy
3 films
Cast
17 people
Stepan Shkurat
Opanas
Known for
Viy
Semyon Svashenko
Vasyl
Also in
By the Bluest of Seas
Ballad of a Soldier
Yuliya Solntseva
Opanas's Daughter
Known for
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Elena Maksimova
Natalia, Vasyl's bride
Also in
Russia Is Young
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
Mykola Nademskyi
Grandfather Semyon
Also in
Ivan
Benya Krik
Ivan Franko
Kulak Bilokin
Also in
Blown Up Days
Dress Rehearsal
Petro Masokha
Khoma Bilokin
Also in
Guerrilla Brigade
The Thirteen
Vladimir Mikhaylov
Priest
Also in
The Girl with the Hat Box
Don Diego and Pelagia
Pavlo Petryk
Communist Party Cell Leader
Also in
I Love
Dress Rehearsal
Pavel Umanets
Village Council Chairman
No other roles listed
Ye. Bondina
Peasant Girl
Also in
Remember Their Faces
Two-Buldi-Two
Luka Liashenko
Young Kulak
Also in
Bread
Shchors
Alexander Dovzhenko Director · Danylo Demutsky Cinematographer Vasyl Krychevskyi Production designer
United States release October 17, 1930 · Produced in Russia, Ukraine · Languages No dialogue, Russian
Production
VUFKU
Production
Russia · Ukraine
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Земля
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 8, 1930
Theatrical
United States · October 17, 1930
Theatrical
Argentina
February 25, 1941 · Theatrical
Australia
January 25, 1952 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Finland
November 10, 1972 · Theatrical
France
March 26, 2013 · Physical · DVD (Bach Films)
November 17, 2017 · Premiere · The East-West Cultural Festival
Germany
September 17, 1930 · Premiere · Berlin
May 4, 1964 · TV · TV Premiere (West Germany)
Greece
April 24, 2010 · Premiere · 140 Years Since Lenin's Birth Film Festival
Sweden
July 3, 1978 · TV
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