Dream of a Cossack (1951)
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.
Director:
Yuli Raizman
Writer:
Boris Chirskov
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Sergey Bondarchuk as Semyon Tutarinov |
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Anatoli Chemodurov as Semyon Goncharenko |
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Kira Kanayeva as Irina Lyubasheva |
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Boris Chirkov as Kondratyev |
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Nikolai Komissarov as Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov |
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Vladimir Ratomsky as Stepan Petrovich Ragulin |
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Nikolai Gritsenko as Artamashov |
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Ivan Pereverzev as Boichenko |
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Tamara Nosova as Anfisa |
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Stepan Kayukov as Rubstov-Yennitsky |
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Sergei Troitsky as |
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Aleksandra Panova as Marfa Lubasheva |
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Danylo Ilchenko as Timofey Ilyich |
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Pyotr Kiryutkin as Nenashev |
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Mariya Yarotskaya as Vasilisa Nilovna |
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Boris Bityukov as Viktor Grachev |
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Ivan Kobozev as |
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Vladimir Uralskiy as Agriculturist |
| Directing | Yuli Raizman | Director |
| Camera | Sergei Urusevsky | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tikhon Khrennikov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Boris Chirskov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Semyon Babayevskiy | Novel |
| Directing | Naum Trakhtenberg | Assistant Director |
| Art | Aleksei Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Leshchyov | Sound Director |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Camera | Viktor Maslennikov | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Grigoriy Ayzenberg | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya | VFX Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yelena Lomova | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Yakov Shvedov | Lyricist |
| Writing | Aleksandr Yashin | Lyricist |
| Sound | Aleksandr Gauk | Conductor |
| Production | Yuzef Rogozovskiy | Executive Producer |