The film tells about the creation of the first collective farm communes and class enmity. Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields." However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
Rating
6.6/10
151 votes
Runtime
79 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1930
Released
Language
UK
Земля
Cast
Stepan Shkurat
Opanas
Semyon Svashenko
Vasyl
Yuliya Solntseva
Opanas's Daughter
Elena Maksimova
Natalia, Vasyl's bride
Mykola Nademskyi
Grandfather Semyon
Ivan Franko
Kulak Bilokin
Petro Masokha
Khoma Bilokin
Vladimir Mikhaylov
Priest
Pavlo Petryk
Communist Party Cell Leader
Pavel Umanets
Village Council Chairman
Ye. Bondina
Peasant Girl
Luka Liashenko
Young Kulak
Vasyl Krasenko
Petro (uncredited)
Maria Matsyutsia
Peasant Girl with Sunflowers (uncredited)