Earth (1930 film)

Earth (1930 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Земля (Earth)



caption = Film poster
director = Alexander Dovzhenko
producer =
writer = Alexander Dovzhenko
starring =
music = Levko Revutsky
V. Ovchinnikov
cinematography = Danylo Demutsky
editing = Alexander Dovzhenko
distributor =
released = 1930 (Soviet Union)
runtime = 76 min.
language = Silent film
Russian intertitles
budget =
amg_id = 1:15115
imdb_id = 0021571 |

"Earth" (Russian and _uk. Земля, translit. "Zemlya" literally translated "Soil") (1930) is a Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko concerning an insurrection by a community of farmers, following a hostile takeover by Kulak landowners. It is Part 3 of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (along with "Zvenigora" and "Arsenal").

"Earth" was simultaneously lauded and derided by Soviet authorities due to its fairly ambiguous political message. Soviet influence is clear if one looks for it, particularly in the nearness to the "earth" of the peasants, but exactly why or how the symbol functions is unclear. Indeed, the film also deals with subjects such as death, destruction, and poverty.

"Earth" is usually considered Dovzhenko's best film, and is often cited alongside Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" (1925) as one of the most important films of the Soviet era. Unfortunately, there are no high quality prints of "Earth" available for viewing. The best print available is the Kino version which is still below standard though it is watchable.

It was named #88 in the 1995 Centenary Poll of the 100 Best Films of the Century in Time Out Magazine. The film was also voted one of the ten greatest films of all time by a group of 117 film historians at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021571/trivia IMDB trivia for Earth] and named one of the top ten greatest films of all time by the International Film Critics Symposium. [ [http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=5592 MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Earth ] ]

The starting scene of "Earth", showing an old man dying among pear trees, probably influenced the music video of the 1994 Enigma song "Return to Innocence". [http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=973 Slant Magazine - Film Review: Earth]

References

External links

*Ray Uzwyshyn's Silent Trilogy Study [http://members.aol.com/vladytwo/Dissertation.html See Part IV. Earth (1930): Philosophy, Iconology, Collectivization]


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