Virgin Soil Upturned (1959 film) explained

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.

Plot

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]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amic.ru/news/327921/ От "Тихого Дона" до "Тихого Дона": экранизации произведений Шолохова
  2. https://vm.ru/news/323211.html Сохнет грязное бельишко на ветру...
  3. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/43046/ Поднятая целина
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141736/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm 'Virgin Soil Upturned (1960) Full Cast / Crew