Earth

About Earth

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.

Earth is a 1930 drama film directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. The film is filed under farm, communism, rural setting, and proletariat.

Stepan Shkurat stars as Opanas, Semyon Svashenko as Vasyl, Yuliya Solntseva as Opanas's Daughter, and Elena Maksimova as Natalia, Vasyl's bride. At 79 minutes long, it arrived in April 1930.

The screenplay is by Alexander Dovzhenko. American members can watch it on Klassiki.

Modern Times, Fair Haven, and Sight make useful companions to Earth, all filed under silent film. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 160 votes and it carries a NR rating.