The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
157 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander DovzhenkoDirector
- Alexander DovzhenkoWriter
Cast
- Stepan ShkuratOpanas
- Semyon SvashenkoVasyl
- Yuliya SolntsevaOpanas's Daughter
- Elena MaksimovaNatalia, Vasyl's bride
- Mykola NademskyiGrandfather Semyon
- Ivan FrankoKulak Bilokin
- Petro MasokhaKhoma Bilokin
- Vladimir MikhaylovPriest
- Pavlo PetrykCommunist Party Cell Leader
- Pavel UmanetsVillage Council Chairman
- Ye. BondinaPeasant Girl
- Luka LiashenkoYoung Kulak
Themes
farmsilent filmcommunismproletariatrural setting