Blown Up Days (1930)
The year 1929. A “shock worker” from a tractor plant visits a film studio premises and is furious to see fake stage designs for a kitsch production about a Soviet life. He refuses to help the crew with his tractor, but is happy to ask one of the cameramen to go with him to visit an actual Soviet village. There they witness the birth of the kolkhoz and the dekulakization of wealthy villagers. Then they are transported to the future, to the year 1932, when the first five-year plan is done and the commune-sovkhoz is established. Movies can move faster than time, but the pace of change in Soviet society is even faster than that. In the movie, the entrance gate of the Odesa film factory, where all of the indoors scenes were shot, can be seen. The outdoors scenes were filmed all over Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia (Kuban): at Kharkiv factories, in Ukrainian villages and in the 240 ha-sovkhoz “Gigant” in Rostov region, the latter representing the future after the five-year plan.
Cast
- Mykola Nademskyi - Murugiy / Old man
- Semen Svashenko - Hero of labour
- Oleksii Kharlamov - Detsyuk, kulak
- Ivan Tverdokhlib - Montetsuk, peasant
- Vladimir Chuvelyov - Bidoga, middleman
- Ivan Sizov - Kolkhoz worker
- P. Kostenko - Kulak's supporter
- G. Rostov - Priest
- Oksana Podlesnaya - Peasant woman
- Ivan Franko - Kobzar
Screenplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Blown Up Days about?
- The year 1929. A “shock worker” from a tractor plant visits a film studio premises and is furious to see fake stage designs for a kitsch production about a Soviet life. He refuses to help the crew with his tractor, but is happy to ask one of the cameramen to go with him to visit an actual Soviet village. There they witness the birth of the kolkhoz and the dekulakization of wealthy villagers. Then they are transported to the future, to the year 1932, when the first five-year plan is done and the commune-sovkhoz is established. Movies can move faster than time, but the pace of change in Soviet society is even faster than that. In the movie, the entrance gate of the Odesa film factory, where all of the indoors scenes were shot, can be seen. The outdoors scenes were filmed all over Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia (Kuban): at Kharkiv factories, in Ukrainian villages and in the 240 ha-sovkhoz “Gigant” in Rostov region, the latter representing the future after the five-year plan.
- Who directed Blown Up Days?
- Blown Up Days was directed by Aleksandr Solovyov.
- Who stars in Blown Up Days?
- Blown Up Days stars Mykola Nademskyi, Semen Svashenko, Oleksii Kharlamov, Ivan Tverdokhlib, Vladimir Chuvelyov, Ivan Sizov.
- How long is Blown Up Days?
- Blown Up Days has a runtime of 1h 1m (61 minutes).
- What genre is Blown Up Days?
- Blown Up Days is a Drama film.
- Where was Blown Up Days produced?
- Blown Up Days was produced in Soviet Union.