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| Directed by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Written by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Music by | Levko Revutsky V. Alexander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Олександр Петрович Довженко Oleksandr; Александр Петрович Довженко Aleksandr Petrovich Alexander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Олександр Петрович Довженко Oleksandr; Александр Петрович Довженко Aleksandr Petrovich Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky (Левко Миколайович Ревуцький was born on February 20, 1889 and died March 30, 1977. Ovchinnikov |
| Cinematography | Danylo Demutsky |
| Editing by | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Release date(s) | 1930 (Soviet Union) |
| Running time | 76 min. Alexander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Олександр Петрович Довженко Oleksandr; Александр Петрович Довженко Aleksandr Petrovich Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 |
| Language | Silent film Russian intertitles |
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Earth (Russian and Ukrainian: 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. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. The romanization or latinization of Ukrainian is the representation of the Ukrainian language using Latin letters. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens Alexander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Олександр Петрович Довженко Oleksandr; Александр Петрович Довженко Aleksandr Petrovich Kulaks ( Russian: кула́к kulak " Fist ", by extension "tight-fisted" were a category of rich Peasants in later It is Part 3 of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (along with Zvenigora and Arsenal). Zvenigora, or Zvenyhora (Звeнигopа ( 1928) is a Soviet 1928 Silent film by Ukrainian director Arsenal ( Russian and Арсенал ( 1928) is a Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko.
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. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and
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. Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн January 23, 1898 &ndash February 11, 1948) was The Battleship Potemkin ( Броненосец «Потёмкин», ru '''''Bronyenosyets Potyomkin''''' sometimes rendered as The Battleship 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. Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings 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 [1] and named one of the top ten greatest films of all time by the International Film Critics Symposium. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Expo 58, also known as the Brussels World’s Fair, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling or Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, was held from [2]
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. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Enigma is German electronic musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990 " Return to Innocence " is a 1994 song created by the musical group Enigma. [3]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021571/trivia IMDB trivia for Earth
- ^ MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Earth
- ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=973 Slant Magazine - Film Review: Earth
External links
- Ray Uzwyshyn's Silent Trilogy Study See Part IV. Earth (1930): Philosophy, Iconology, Collectivization
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