Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Zemlya (1930)



In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.

This is the first time I've seen this classic by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, and I was fairly disappointed, since this is basically a typical product of Socialist Realism with a lot of propaganda. In its way it may be a groundbreaking work, but seems very dated by today's standards.

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