■ The title of this chapter "Earth Instead of Stalinism" is derived from "Muddle Instead of Music", the title of the critical article ( 1936 ) in Pravda on Shostakovich's opera, Op. 29 "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". Although this critical arti…

■ From here, Dovzhenko's attempt begins to symbolically depict the earth by projecting the great nature of the Soviet Union ( 35~40 ). To understand how Dovzhenko's depiction of Nature impressed Shostakovich, the soundtrack producer, liste…

■ The second half begins from here. Michurin was invited by People's Commissariat to St. Petersburg for New Year's celebrations. There, Michurin received official state certification and financial assistance for his fruit orchard from the …

Film 『 Michurin ( Ukrainian : Мічурін ) 』 Directed by Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( Довженко Олександр Петрович ) Release 1948 Starring Grigori Belov ( Russian : Григорий Белов ) ( Ivan Michurin ) Vladimir Solovyov ( Russian : Владимир…

■ The leader who succeeds Vasyli's position addresses the people and praises Vasyli's achievements as a Bolshevist. On this occasion, rather than all mourning Vasyli's death, it is emphasized that his death should be politically praised as…

■ Vasyli dances alone on the street ( 25~26 ). Suddenly, someone shoots him dead and he collapses ( 27~28 ). ■ Vasyli's fiancée Natalya and Vasyli's father are grieving to see Vasyli's corpse ( 29~31 ). What is interesting about this seque…

Film 『 Earth ( Ukrainian : Земля ) 』 Directed by Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( Довженко Олександр Петрович ) Release 1930 Starring Semyon Svashenko ( : Семен Свашенко ) ( Vasyli ) Olena Maksimova ( : Олена Максимова ) ( Natalya : Vasyl…

■ The following is the sequence that could be called "March of the Bolsheviks", which symbolically shows that the Bolsheviks getting over dead comrades and moving forward ( 30~33 ). ■ It is "March of the Bolsheviks" as symbolism of the wor…

Film 『 Arsenal 』 Directed by Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( Довженко Олександр Петрович ) Release 1929 Starring Semyon Svashenko ( Семен Свашенко ) ( Tymish ) Mykola Kuchynsky ( Микола Кучинський ) ( Symon Petliura ) Osip Merlatti ( Оси…

Film 『 Zvenigora 』 ( ＊A ) Directed by Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( ＊B ) Release 1928 Starring Nikolai Nademsky Semyon Svashenko Aleksandr Podorozhny ( ＊A ) ■ Zvenigora ( Звени́гора ) was produced under the Soviet Union, so it has b…