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Plot

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 of the peasant "revolt"--like the Earth itself--last forever.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
70min.
Distributor(s):
Amkino
Director(s):
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Totalitarian States
Tone:
Deliberate,Earnest,Meditative,Earthy,Stylized,Lyrical
Keywords:
collective,country-life,farming,land-scheme,land-war,landowner,machine,peasant,sharecropper