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1930 |
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DRAMA
IMPORTANT
SILENT
FOREIGN
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BW |
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63 |
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Peasants form a collective in a Ukrainian village, despite the opposition of reactionary landowners.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Sincere, earnest, almost plotless film which was effective propaganda in favour of collectivisation. It shows a sensuous link between peasants and the soil (one of tthe most famous scenes is of couples embracing on the ground), and a symbiotic relationship between man and machine (in a scene cut from all foreign prints until 1958, the peasants cool the engine of a tractor with their own urine). Hopelessly optimistic and romantic, of course, but hailed as a masterpiece of realism by those unrealistic about Communism. In the 50s, it was voted one of the 10 greatest films of all time by an international group of critics.
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