Dream of a Cossack
5.3
Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Star). The title character, played by future director Sergei Bondarchuk (and billed for obscure reasons as Semyon Bondarchuk), is an ex-soldier who returns home to the Kuban region, there to take up life as a farmer. Instead, he galvanizes the local citizenry into participating in a massive construction project, which will result in a new power station and canal. Thus does Raisman offer an prime example of Russian collectivism while making it seem as though it had sprung from individual initiative. Dream of a Cossack is based on a popular novel by S. Babayefsky.
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Sergei Bondarchuk
Semyon Tutarinov
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Yuli Raizman Director · Boris Chirskov Screenplay Semyon Babayevskiy Author
First release July 9, 1951 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Кавалер Золотой звезды
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Кавалер Золотой звезды
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 9, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
April 4, 1952 · Theatrical
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