"Actor: Semyon Svashenko"

• Dovzhenko: War Trilogy | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £24.99 (124.95%)   |  RRP £44.99

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• Earth | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £11.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (55.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Dovzhenko's landmark 'film poem' style brings to life the collective experience of life for the Ukranian workers examining natural cycles through his epic montage. He explores life death violence sex and other issues as they relate to the collective farms. An idealistic vision of the possibilities of communism made just before Stalinism set in and the Kulack class was liquidated Earth was viewed negatively by many soviets because of its portrayal of death and other dark issues that come with revolution.

• By the Bluest of Seas | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (157.37%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A storm on the Caspian Sea lands two friends, sailor Yusuf and mechanic Alyosha , on the shores of Soviet Azerbaijan where they arrive at the ‘Lights of Communism’ kolkhoz. They are able to find work at the farm as most of the other workers are fighting a conflict on the Pacific Ocean. One of the administrators of the kolkhoz is the beautiful Masha who they both fall in love with. Their rivalry for her affections affects their work and threatens the community. By the Bluest Of Seas is one of the most lyrical and uplifting films of the Soviet era, eschewing propaganda in favour of a comedy about love and friendship.