La Terre (1930)
En Ukraine, un vieillard, Semion, meurt dans un verger. La collectivisation des terres crée des antagonismes dans le village, entre les anciens et les jeunes, les riches et les pauvres. Le jeune paysan Vassili, ardent communiste, démontre l'efficacité du nouveau tracteur tout en renversant le bornage des ex-propriétaires. Après avoir passé la nuit chez sa fiancée, son allégresse manifestée par la danse est brutalement interrompue par un coup de feu qui l'abat sur le chemin du retour.
Directeur: Alexandre Dovjenko
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Stepan Chkourat as Opanas |
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Semion Svachenko as Vasyl |
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Ioulia Solntseva as Opanas's Daughter |
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Ielena Maksimova as Natalia, Vasyl's bride |
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Mikola Nademski as Grandfather Semyon |
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Ivan Franko as Kulak Bilokin |
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Petro Masokha as Khoma Bilokin |
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Владимир Михайлов as Priest |
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Pavlo Petryk as Communist Party Cell Leader |
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Umanets as Village Council Chairman |
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Ye. Bondina as Peasant Girl |
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Лука Ляшенко as Young Kulak |
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Vassil Krassenko as Petro (uncredited) |
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Маня Мацюця as Peasant Girl with Sunflowers (uncredited) |
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Sergueï Borissov as (uncredited) |
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Nikolay Umanets as (uncredited) |
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Varvara Borozna-Voznyuk as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Alexandre Dovjenko | Director |
| Writing | Alexandre Dovjenko | Writer |
| Camera | Danilo Demoutski | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alexandre Dovjenko | Editor |
| Directing | Лазар Бодик | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ioulia Solntseva | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lev Revoutski | Music |
| Art | Василь Кричевський | Production Design |