Earth (1930)

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In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming. (imdb)

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Directed By: Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Written By: Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Starring: Yuliya Solntseva, Semyon Svashenko, Stepan Shkurat, Yelena Maksimova, Nikolai Nademsky, Ivan Franko

Genre: Drama

AKA: Zemlya

Country: Soviet Union

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Date	User	Rating
Oct 28, 2022	djross	65 _70th
Tarkovsky on Dovzhenko: “He was the first director for whom the problem of atmosphere was particularly important, and he loved his native land passionately. […] I’ll add: he made his films as if they were vegetable gardens, as if they were gardens. He would water them himself, he would make everything grow with his own hands…. His love of the land and of the people made his characters grow, as it were, from the earth itself. They were organic, complete.” For me, it's a bit dissonant, confused. [Full Review]
Jul 21, 2022	SHOCKULAR	60 _22nd
I had a lot of difficulty following this coherence-wise, but it's at times visually pretty (with limitations with the old film) and an interesting vibe to it that gives it a spiritual quality. The editing is very effective as well. Just a note that even though it was made in 1930, it's a silent. Interesting in a lot of ways, but didn't really totally click for me.
Sep 10, 2019	driscarpin	92 _91st
Há 125 anos nascia Aleksandr Dovzhenko. Acredite se quiser, mas esse é meu primeiro Dovzhenko. Eu sei, sou muito relapsa com o cinema soviético que não seja Eisenstein, Tarkovsky e Vertov. A primeira impressão foi excelente, imagens de uma poética e beleza transcendentes, só gostaria que restaurassem devidamente este filme, pois se as imagens riscadas e com oscilação de iluminação já são deslumbrantes, imagine numa restauração de 4k? DVDRip no MakingOff.
Feb 22, 2019	napolenbrady	80 _8th
79.50
Apr 26, 2018	parcaliham	90 _88th
26 Nisan 2018, Ekin Fil'in muzikleri ile / Fol - olumle baslayip, olum ile biten, topragin teolojik ve toplumsal yonunu yuzlerin sinemasi ile anlatan bir film. dovzhenko'nun 1930 yilinda sinemayi ne denli iyi kavradiginin bir kaniti. uzun zamandir bu kadar genc bir film izlememistim.
Apr 14, 2018	Pickle_Man	80 _55th
Easily the most coherent of Dovzhenko's 'Ukraine Trilogy.' Really interesting to realize this was released just two years before the Holodomor.
Dec 04, 2017	guvolefou	70 _40th
Pera Müzesi.
Nov 20, 2017	ott	85 _86th
Death and cute babies!
Jun 30, 2016	MacSwell	80 _80th
Through a powerful, expressive piece of silent cinema, Dovzhenko loudly and proudly flaunts his anti-bourgeois leanings, using a plethora of well-edited, Eisensteinian close-ups to passionately underline the humanity of the rural working class. This is juxtaposed against the simple, pastoral beauty of the farmland and farming process, transcending the associated politics to add a greater, more timeless depth to the piece.
Jun 21, 2016	wetwillies	90 _80th
Viewed June 19, 2016. This quickly became the kind of movie that I feel within the hollow of my bones. I was ultra-conscious to the beauty of its imagery (If only because the print I saw lacked a soundtrack) and to the particulars of its rhythms. But, as Dovzhenko wrestles with allegiance to faith and to country, the film's concerns become universal: As the world expands, the old makes way for the new, and some just aren't able to keep up. Life's cycle will swallow you whole.
Feb 22, 2016	FrancoGonzo	19 _99th
Star Rating: ★★★★★
Feb 06, 2016	bof	85 _92nd
Visually stunning and poetic, yes, in a way that would make Malick weep blood. But what really makes it work even when it gets a bit heavy-handed with the message is that Dovzhenko always starts from the inside; the people grow from the land, the conflicts grow from the people, and in the end you reap what you sow.
Dec 07, 2015	ITBSPodcast	100 _0th
"'We are SMART cinephiles!'" http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/12/episode-82-cinema-masters-vol-xi.html
Oct 27, 2015	auhasarderik	7 _61st
A boldness in conception and execution that it's hard to describe, and take, but also somehow succesfull, if one witnesses the frenzied yet controlled power of the last 15 minutes. A shame you must check out your morals and brains at the door, since this is a strange mixture of poem and soviet propaganda, and as such logic is thrown out the window, and its treatment of "class enemies" is ugly, to say the least.
Aug 15, 2014	escano777	3 _1st
This film is just not interesting. I did not like the heroes nor any of the characters. I do not know how it gets all these good reviews. The film is terrible.
Jul 18, 2014	lisa-	7 _92nd
this communist film suggests that technology has the potential for liberation, something we don't see in movies much. but that's not really the highlight, which is instead the incredible use of montage and music, most astoundingly in the mechanisation sequence. in fact the 1997 score is so unbelievable that i almost give as much credit to alexander popov as i do to dovzhenko, and he probably contributed more than 20 points to my rating. among soviet propaganda, i prefer this to eisenstein.
Apr 01, 2014	TrixRabbi	89 _96th
Outstanding. The close-ups are reminiscent of Dreyer, and the editing reminds me of Maya Deren's dreamscapes. Beautiful imagery, every shot is a masterpiece in its own right.
Feb 12, 2014	Icarus	82 _69th
The rhythmic editing and the intensity of focus on the land and on the faces of the people really give this film its power. The intertitles are hardly needed, as a result. The thinness of the story, it seems to me, is part of the point. Dovzhenko is trying to get us to feel what it's like to be in this moment, and he does an excellent job of it. That said, this film fits into montage-centered Soviet cinema of the day, and as such can't shake the stench of manipulative propaganda.
Nov 02, 2012	Syntheseizur	81 _65th
The cinematography is vibrant and the editing is, of course, focused and lively. Structurally, the film is a mess and the story is mostly dead weight, which makes for lousy propaganda, but that's not the draw of the film in today's context anyway. What it fails to communicate through the narrative is communicated through the top-notch visuals, despite some unnecessarily long, ponderous shots. It's not quite Eisenstein but it is excellent Soviet montage.
Feb 14, 2012	Alex Watkins	4 _70th
I have a higher tolerance for melodrama than most, so bring on the propaganda! Dovzhenko has little love for industrialization: a token nod to its potential, counterweighed by the marginalization of human life by capital. Oh, and an appeal to God - this is the Soviet Union, after all. The story is muddled but engaging, and the photography is often poetic and beautiful, with a rousing and memorable score to complement it. And if it's good enough for Woody Allen in Manhattan, then it's fine by me.
Dec 26, 2011	???	63 _44th
Rain, apples, and a Billie Jean-esque dancing scene. And lots of random farmers.
Nov 30, 2011	theyshoot11	93 _86th
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Sep 11, 2011	Alon Reter	60 _47th
Rain, apples, and a Billie Jean-esque dancing scene. And lots of random farmers.
Jun 30, 2011	gleeb	68 _29th
It's a little preachy and dull. Then again, it has men pissing into a tractor radiator to get it to work again.
Mar 25, 2011	Actionberg	80 _71st
Originally threw a 50 on it but after seeing it live with Dakhabrakha's new score, I feel like it's got new life in the 21st century. Dovzhenko's poetic imagery is constantly striking. What stands out to me most now is a man dancing down a dirt road at night, kicking up dust with every step and leaving a cloud behind him. You don't need to understand collectivization or Socialist Realism to appreciate an old way of life and a culture that has now been modernized out of existence.
Dec 05, 2010	SlantMag	40 _97th
"In Aleksandr Dovzhenko's orgiastic paean to Soviet collectivism and tractor-ism Earth there is nothing more beautiful than the untainted countryside." - Ed Gonzalez
Oct 03, 2010	yesistasty	88 _64th
Some absolutely brilliant ideas here. The climax and ending nearly made me forget the painfully long harvesting montage.
Jan 13, 2010	theyshoot10	93 _86th
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Dec 19, 2008	theyshoot08	93 _86th
134
Dec 01, 2008	Optimus_mike	75 _59th
Very pretty and has some strong performances but it feels really chopped up and clunky at parts where the story at one point will be moving along nicely and then just stop dead in its tracks. worth watching for historic reasons though.
Apr 24, 2008	PeaceAnarchy	72 _32nd
A lot of great imagery and good moments but it didn't really work for me. The whole film is about the arrival of a tractor and the revolution of farming from private ownership to collectivism but it's clunky as hell and not as moving as it tries to be.
Mar 01, 2008	theyshoot07	94 _90th
# 121
Aug 04, 2007	MartinTeller	67 _30th
I like some Soviet cinema, but I also think a lot of it is rather overrated. Unfortunately this belongs to the latter group. Besides some occasional nice imagery and fairly innovative cutting techniques, I found very little of merit here. The propoganda was thick, the story was dull as dirt (woohoo, a tractor!) and the characters were very one-dimensional. It was actually better when they left the plot by the wayside and just had the montages of harvesting grain and whatnot.

Average Percentile 61.26% from 406 Ratings