Dream of a Cossack (5.6)

Film · 1951 · 1 h 52 min · Romantico, Drammatico

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.

Regia: Юлий Райзман

Con Serguéi Bondarchuk, Анатолий Чемодуров, Кира Канаева, Борис Чирков, Николай Комиссаров, Владимир Ратомский, Николай Гриценко, Иван Переверзев, Тамара Носова, Степан Каюков

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