“Where Fireflies Dance”
An indie production of a romantic drama with a country-western feel meant to explore lost love.
Earth (1930)
During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
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During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Written By:Alexander Dovzhenko
In Theaters:10/17/1930
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Runtime:79 minutes
Studio:VUFKU
Cast
Alexander Dovzhenko
Director
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
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