The Earth
Zemlya, feature film, 1930
DIRECTED BY: Aleksandr Dovženko
							                                                                        
                          CAST:
                            Stepan Škurat (Opanas),
 Semjon Svašenko (Vasilij 'Basil' Opanas),
 Julija Solnceva (Vasilijeva sestra),
 Jelena Maksimova (Natalija,
 Vasilijeva zaručnica),
 Nikolaj Nademskij (Semjon 'Simon' Opanas)
                        
                          SCRIPT:
                            Aleksandar Dovženko
                        
                          PHOTOGRAPHY:
                            Danjil Demutskij
                        
                          Synopsis:
                            Dovzhenko’s last silent film portrays the problem of the agrarian reform and collectivization through a story about a rebel leader who gets killed by a ruthless landowner. This most famous film from Dovzhenko’s Ukrainian trilogy with its outstanding photography pays respect to Ukrainian nature and life of peasants.
                        
b/w, silent, 75 min