The Send-Off

Overview

While shooting a documentary about a 'Komsomol' class who all went to save a struggling kolkhoz, the filmmakers also shot mud, broken tractors, flooded fields. The film turned scandalous and was not screened, because of it allegedly being anti-Soviet: defamatory of collective farming.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1963

Original language

Latvian

Spoken languages

Latvian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Rīgas kinostudija

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded