Tractor Drivers (Russian: Трактористы, romanized: Traktoristy) is a 1939 Soviet romantic comedy drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | Ivan Pyryev |
| Written by | Yevgeny Pomeshchikov |
| Produced by | Viktor Biyazi |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Galperin |
| Edited by | Anna Kulganek |
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Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
editIn the 1930s, the demobilized tank driver Klim Yarko returns to his kolkhoz on the Ukrainian steppe, where Mariana Bazhan works as the master of speed plowing. This results in her having a lot of admirers, which she does not appreciate. To dissuade her suitors, Mariana asks Nazar Duma to pretend to be her fiancé.[4]
Starring
edit- Marina Ladynina as Maryana Bazhan
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as Klim Yarko
- Boris Andreyev[5] as Nazar Duma
- Stepan Kayukov as Kirill Petrovich, head of the collective farm
- Pyotr Aleynikov as Savka
- Vladimir Kolchin as Kharitosha
- Olga Borovikova as Franya
- R. Dneprova-Chajka as Markovna
- Pyotr Valerianov as Granddad
- Alexei Dolinin as Firefighter
- Pyotr Savin as tankman, Klim's friend
- Artavazd Kefchiyan as tankman, Klim's friend[6]
Cultural influence
editThe March of the Soviet Tankmen from this film was widely used in pre-war Soviet propaganda, while other tunes became popular songs, and are still performed.
Tractor Drivers 2 was a parody film made in 1991, whose plot is loosely based on that of Tractor Drivers.
References
edit- ^ 29 июля 1938 года начался советско-японский конфликт в районе озера Хасан
- ^ «Проклятье Пырьева»: за отказ во взаимности, актрисы лишались ролей
- ^ На той войне незнаменитой...
- ^ Трактористы on KinoPoisk
- ^ Смерть от усталости: трагедия главного Ильи Муромца СССР Бориса Андреева
- ^ Tractor Drivers (1939) Full Cast / Crew
External links
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