Earth
Apr 08 1930
•1h 24m
•Drama
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
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Stepan Shkurat
Opanas
Semen Svashenko
Vasyl
Yuliya Solntseva
Vasyl's Sister
Yelena Maksimova
Natalya, Vasyl's Fiancee
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