Dream of a Cossack (1951)
Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Star). The title character, played by future director Sergei Bondarchuk (and billed for obscure reasons as Semyon Bondarchuk), is an ex-soldier who returns home to the Kuban region, there to take up life as a farmer. Instead, he galvanizes the local citizenry into participating in a massive construction project, which will result in a new power station and canal. Thus does Raisman offer an prime example of Russian collectivism while making it seem as though it had sprung from individual initiative. Dream of a Cossack is based on a popular novel by S. Babayefsky.
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Stars:
- Yuli Raizman
Writing:
- Boris Chirskov
- Семен Бабаевский
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Release Date: 1951-07-09
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- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 112
Semyon Tutarinov
Artamashov
Anfisa
Semyon Goncharenko
Kondratyev
Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov
Stepan Petrovich Ragulin
Boichenko
Rubstov-Yennitsky
Marfa Lubasheva
Artamashov
Nenashev
Vasilisa Nilovna
Viktor Grachev