List of Ukrainian films of the 1930s

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<i>Earth</i> (1930 film) 1930 film

Earth is a 1930 Soviet silent film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. The film concerns the process of collectivization and the hostility of kulak landowners under the First Five-Year Plan. It is the third film, with Zvenigora and Arsenal, of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy".

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<i>Arsenal</i> (1929 film) 1929 film by Alexander Dovzhenko

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Ivan is a 1932 Soviet drama film directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. After the critical lambasting of his film Earth by the Soviet authorities, 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.

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