The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.
Production
Glorious tractor footage that goes on forever
Acting
Ladynina's terrifyingly committed flirty kolkhoz queen
Score
Propaganda bangers that slap against all odds
Director
Ivan Pyryev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pyryev and Ladynina were married in real life—their on-screen chemistry was literally state-sanctioned domestic bliss.
Released during the Great Purge's aftermath, its relentless cheerfulness now reads as either chilling denial or desperate escapism.
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