Soviet propaganda with surprisingly human faces — who knew collectivization could break your heart?
Acting
Vera Marinich's Masha — propaganda heroine with actual tears.
Production
Real monastery location, real collective farm chaos.
Director
Ilya Kravchunovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Stalin's first Five-Year Plan, this was part of a wave of films promoting agricultural collectivization — the monastery garden symbolizes religious land becoming state property.
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