Dream of a Cossack
(1951)
★ 5.6 IMDb · 8 votes
Year: 1951
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Юлий Райзман
Cast: Сергей Бондарчук, Анатолий Чемодуров, Кира Канаева, Борис Чирков, Николай Комиссаров, Владимир Ратомский, Николай Гриценко, Иван Переверзев, Тамара Носова, Степан Каюков
Plot
Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Star). The title character, played by future director Sergei Bondarchuk (and billed for obscure reasons as Semyon Bondarchuk), is an ex-soldier who returns home to the Kuban region, there to take up life as a farmer. Instead, he galvanizes the local citizenry into participating in a massive construction project, which will result in a new power station and canal. Thus does Raisman offer an prime example of Russian collectivism while making it seem as though it had sprung from individual initiative. Dream of a Cossack is based on a popular novel by S. Babayefsky.