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Ukraine Trilogy
Movie Saga1928 – 1930

Ukraine Trilogy

3 Films
6.6 Avg Rating

Alexander Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (Zvenigora, Arsenal, and Earth), although underappreciated by some contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary), is his most well-known work in the West.

Films in Saga(3)

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Zvenigora
#1Zvenigora(1928)
6.3(34)1h 32m

An old man tells his grandson of a legendary treasure buried beneath the hills of Zvenigora, setting in motion a sweeping cinematic poem that intertwines Ukrainian folklore, history, and revolution.

Arsenal
#2Arsenal(1929)
6.8(61)1h 23m

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.

Earth
#3Earth(1930)
6.7(160)1h 19m

During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.