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Earth

Земля

1930

In a Ukrainian village, the arrival of a tractor and the drive for collective farming set young Communists against the old landowning order, in a lyrical meditation on life, death, and the soil. Oleksandr Dovzhenko's luminous silent masterpiece.

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Part of 10 Essential Ukrainian Films

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