Ivan (film)
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Ivan is a 1932 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko
and his wife Yuliya Solntseva
. After the critical lambasting of his film Earth
, Dovzhenko returned with a more popular iteration of its main motifs. Much like Earth, Ivan concerns itself with the natural rhythms of country life, disrupted by the beat of looming industrialisation.
Alexander Dovzhenko
Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko , was a Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director of Ukrainian descent. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin.- Biography :...
and his wife Yuliya Solntseva
Yuliya Solntseva
Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva was a Soviet film director and actress who starred in the silent sci-fi classic Aelita . She directed 14 films between 1939 and 1979...
. After the critical lambasting of his film Earth
Earth (1930 film)
Earth is a 1930 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko, concerning an insurrection by a community of farmers, following a hostile takeover by Kulak landowners...
, Dovzhenko returned with a more popular iteration of its main motifs. Much like Earth, Ivan concerns itself with the natural rhythms of country life, disrupted by the beat of looming industrialisation.