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Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film (1968)

6.00h 31mDrama
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Synopsis

Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by sabotaging the year's harvest, and the son's efforts to stop his own father to protect the Soviet state, culminating in the boy's murder and a social uprising. Assigned to Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein, the filming followed the same path as with his previous effort, "Que Viva Mexico", into cost overrun and over-shooting of footage. Furthermore, Eisenstein's usage of forbidden experimental film techniques outraged his government superiors, who ordered the film destroyed before it was even completed. All that survives are the first and last frames of each shot, preserved by Sergei Eisenstein’s wife, Pera Atasheva. The 1967 reconstruction, by Naum Kleiman of the Eisenstein Museum and Sergei Yutkevich of Gosfilmofond, places these frames in order, approximating the original film.

Movie Information

Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Writers
Sergei Eisenstein, Isaak Babel, Alexandr Rzheshevsky
Release Year
1968
Runtime
31 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
RU
Country
Soviet Union
Status
Released
Rating
6.0 / 10 (27 votes)

Top Cast

Viktor Kartashov — cast portrait as Степок
Viktor Kartashov
Степок
Boris Zakhava — cast portrait as Samokhin, Stepok's Father
Boris Zakhava
Samokhin, Stepok's Father
Pyotr Arzhanov — cast portrait as Political Commissioner (as Pavel Ardzhanov)
Pyotr Arzhanov
Political Commissioner (as Pavel Ardzhanov)
Yelizaveta Teleshyova — cast portrait as President of Kolkhoz
Yelizaveta Teleshyova
President of Kolkhoz
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Nikolai Maslov
Arsonist
Nikolai Khmelyov — cast portrait as Peasant
Nikolai Khmelyov
Peasant
Stanislav Rostotsky — cast portrait as Boy
Stanislav Rostotsky
Boy
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Yakov Zajtsev

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Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by sabotaging the year's harvest, and the son's efforts to stop his own father to protect the Soviet state, culminating in the boy's murder and a social uprising. Assigned to Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein, the filming followed the same path as with his previous effort, "Que Viva Mexico", into cost overrun and over-shooting of footage. Furthermore, Eisenstein's usage of forbidden experimental film techniques outraged his government superiors, who ordered the film destroyed before it was even completed. All that survives are the first and last frames of each shot, preserved by Sergei Eisenstein’s wife, Pera Atasheva. The 1967 reconstruction, by Naum Kleiman of the Eisenstein Museum and Sergei Yutkevich of Gosfilmofond, places these frames in order, approximating the original film.

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