List of Soviet films of 1930

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A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1930 (see 1930 in film).

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1930

TitleRussian titleDirectorCastGenreNotes
AvengerМститель Boris Shpis
Cities and Years Города и годыYevgeni Chervyakov Bernhard Goetzke Drama
The Civil Servant Государственный чиновник Ivan Pyryev Maksim Shtraukh Comedy
Earth Зeмля Aleksandr Dovzhenko Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva Drama
The Earth Is Thirsty Земля жаждет Yuli Raizman Y. AgramovDrama
The Ghost That Never Returns Привидение, которое не возвращается Abram Room Boris Ferdinandov, A. Filippov, Karl GurnyakDrama
Judas Иуда Evgeniy Ivanov-Barkov Aleksandr Antonov Drama
The Last Port Последнии портаArnold KordyumPyotr Masokha, Sergei Minin, Ladislav GolichenkoDrama
The Plan for Great Works План великих работ Abram Room Documentary
Salt for Svanetia Соль Сванетии Mikhail Kalatozov Documentary
A Simple Case Простой случай Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller Aleksandr BaturinRomance
The Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица Georgi Vasilyev, Sergei Vasilyev Konstantin MukhutdinovDrama
St. Jorgens's Day Праздник Святого Йоргена Yakov Protazanov Igor Ilyinsky, Anatoli Ktorov Comedy
Wind in the Face Ветер в лицо Iosif Kheifits, Aleksandr Zarkhi Aleksandr MelnikovDrama

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