Zemlya (Earth) (Soil) (1930)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 2
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Earth (AKA Zemlya) is the third of Soviet director Alexander Dovzhenko's "Ukraine tetralogy" (Zvenigora (1928), Arsenal (1929), and Ivan (1932) are the other films in the series). The story tells of a group of farmers in a Ukrainian village, who unite to purchase a tractor. The leader of the peasants is later killed by a kulak, or landowner, who dislikes any form of united front that might pose a threat to his long-established authority. The events fade into memory, but the long-ranging effects
Jan 1, 1930 Wide
Jan 22, 2002
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Semen Svashenko
Vasili -
Stepan Shkurat
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Mikola Nademsky
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Yulia Solntseva
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Yelena Maksimova
Natalia Vasili's Fiance... -
Ivan Franko
Khoma's Father -
Pyotr Masokha
Khoma Young Blond Villa... -
Vladimir Mikhailov
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
The astonishingly beautiful Earth is unlike anything else in movies.
Top CriticMuch of this film is chaotic, especially during the church episode and some of the closing scenes.
A very great film indeed.
Incontestably one of the greatest of all Soviet films.
A unique political poem.
The tragedy of Dovzhenko is that of a gifted cineaste stymied and almost maddened by the demands, actual and implicit, of his ultra-repressive state sponsors.
It's a simple propaganda piece that overcomes its flaws through graceful cinematography and editing.
A stunning achievement by turns beautiful, poignant and silently subversive.
In Aleksandr Dovzhenko's orgiastic paean to Soviet collectivism and tractor-ism Earth there is nothing more beautiful than the untainted countryside.
Supposed classic -- for art house diehards only.
The vitality of the landscape is mirrored in the faces of the community's hardy young peasants.
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Foreign Titles
- Earth (Zemlya) (DE)
- Earth (Zemlya) (UK)
