Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 19 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −30 min on the typical 109
typical 10979Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 129 countries, rent or buy in 8 more
+119Released
1930
April 8, 1930
96 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Ukrainian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
17 of 17
Stepan ShkuratOpanas
Semyon SvashenkoVasyl
Yuliya SolntsevaOpanas's Daughter
Elena MaksimovaNatalia, Vasyl's bride
Mykola NademskyiGrandfather Semyon
Ivan FrankoKulak Bilokin
Petro MasokhaKhoma Bilokin
Vladimir MikhaylovPriest- PPPavlo PetrykCommunist Party Cell Leader
- PUPavel UmanetsVillage Council Chairman
- YBYe. BondinaPeasant Girl
Luka LiashenkoYoung Kulak
Vasyl KrasenkoPetro (uncredited)- MMMaria MatsyutsiaPeasant Girl with Sunflowers (uncredited)
Sergey Borisov(uncredited)- NUNikolay Umanets(uncredited)
Varvara Borozna-Voznyuk(uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Alexander Dovzhenko Director, Writer, Editor
- Yuliya Solntseva Assistant Director
- Lazar Bodik Assistant Director
Camera · 1
- Danylo Demutsky Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Lev Revutskyi Music
Art · 1
- Vasyl Krychevskyi Production Design
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