Cossacks of the Kuban

Cossacks of the Kuban
Cossacks of the Kuban
Directed by	Ivan Pyryev
Written by	Nikolai Pogodin
Starring	Marina Ladynina; Sergei Lukyanov; Yuri Lyubimov; Aleksandr Khvylya; Klara Luchko;
Cinematography	Valentin Pavlov
Edited by	Anna Kulganek
Music by	Isaak Dunayevsky
Production; company	Mosfilm
Release date	1950;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cossacks of the Kuban (Russian: Кубанские казаки, romanized: Kubanskie kazaki) from Mosfilm is a color film, glorifying the life of the farmers in the kolkhoz of the Soviet Union's Kuban region, directed by Ivan Pyryev and starring Marina Ladynina, his wife at that time.^[1] The movie premiered on 26 February 1950.

Synopsis

The film is set during the early post-war years. In autumn at the inter-collective farm fair, a dashing horse breeder Nikolai (Vladlen Davydov) gets acquainted with an advanced collective farmer Dasha Shelest (Klara Luchko). Their infatuation is mutual, but the lovers, working in different farms will have to overcome the resistance of their leaders, who do not want to lose great employees. Chairman of the "Red Partisans", where Dasha works, Gordei Voron (Sergey Lukyanov) has long been fond of the chairman Galina Peresvetova (Marina Ladynina) of the "Precepts of Ilyich" collective farm where Nikolai works. But he can not muster up the courage to confess his love to her and Galina ends up having to confess first.

Cast (partial list)

Marina Ladynina as Galina
Sergei Lukyanov as Gordei Gordeyich Voron
Vladimir Volodin as Anton Petrovich Mudretsov
Yuri Lyubimov as Andrey
Aleksandr Khvylya as Denis Stepanovich
Klara Luchko as Darya Shelest
Ekaterina Savinova as Lubochka
Viktor Avdyushko as stableman
Valentina Telegina as Khristoforovna
Vladlen Davydov as Nikolai Matveyevich Kovalev

Songs (partial list)

Harvest (in Russian: Урожай, words by Mikhail Isakovsky and music by Isaak Dunayevsky)
How Have You Been, Dearest? (in Russian: Каким ты был, ditto)
Oh, the Kalina Flowers Are in Bloom (Russian: Ой, цветет калина, ditto)

References

^ Cossacks of the Kuban Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Shown in Paris, 2009)

External links

Cossacks of the Kuban at IMDb
Watch Cossacks of the Kuban online at official Mosfilm site (with English subtitles)

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[1] Cossacks of the Kuban Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Shown in Paris, 2009)

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