| Virgin Soil Upturned | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Поднятая целина |
| Director: | Aleksandr Ivanov |
| Producer: | Mark Ryss |
| Music: | Oleg Karavaychuk Yuri Levitin |
| Cinematography: | Vyacheslav Fastovich |
| Editing: | N. Nikolaeva |
| Studio: | Lenfilm |
| Runtime: | 278 min. |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Virgin Soil Upturned (Russian: Поднятая целина|Podnyataya tselina) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Ivanov.[1] [2] Based on Mikhail Sholokhov's novel.
The film takes place in the 1930s. The film tells about the worker Davydov, who is sent to the Cossack farm to help the Don Cossacks transition to collective forms of farming and tries to organize a collective farm there by their own methods, coming into conflict with the leader of the local party.[3]