Tractor Drivers
Tractor Drivers (Russian: Трактористы) is a 1939 Soviet comedy drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev.[1][2][3]
| Tractor Drivers | |
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| Russian: Трактористы | |
| Directed by | Ivan Pyryev |
| Written by | Evgeniy Pomeshchikov |
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| Music by |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Galperin |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The film takes place in 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 be her fake fiancé.[4]
Starring
- 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
- P. Valeryanov as Granddad
- Alexei Dolinin as Firefighter (as A. Dolinin)
- Pyotr Savin as Tankist, Klim's friend (as P. Savin)
- A. Kefchiyan as Tankist, Klim's friend[6]
Cultural influence
The March of the Soviet Tankmen from this film were widely used in the 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
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