Dream of a Cossack

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 9, 1951

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk,Anatoli Chemodurov,Kira Kanayeva,Boris Chirkov,Nikolai Komissarov,Vladimir Ratomsky,Nikolai Gritsenko,Ivan Pereverzev,Tamara Nosova,Stepan Kayukovand 8 more

Director

Yuli Raizman

Writer

Boris Chirskov,Semyon Babayevskiy,Yakov Shvedov,Aleksandr Yashin

Producer

Yuzef Rogozovskiy

Cinematography

Sergei Urusevsky

Music

Tikhon Khrennikov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0043701