Tractor Drivers (russian: Трактористы, Traktoristy) is a 1939

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

comedy drama film directed by

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Пы́рьев; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stal ...

Plot

In the 1930s, the demobilized tank driver Klim Yarko returns to his ''

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

'' on the Ukrainian steppe, where Mariana Bazhan works as the master of speed plowing. This results in her having a lot of admirers, which she does not appreciate. To dissuade her suitors, Mariana asks Nazar Duma to pretend to be her fiancé.

Starring

Marina Ladynina Marina Alekseyevna Ladynina (russian: Мари́на Алексе́евна Лады́нина; June 24 .s. 11 1908 in Skotinino, Smolensk, Russian Empire – March 10, 2003 in Moscow, Russian Federation) was a popular Soviet film and theatre ...

as ''Maryana Bazhan'' *

Nikolay Kryuchkov Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (russian: Никола́й Афана́сьевич Крючко́в; 6 January 1911 – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected fi ...

as ''Klim Yarko'' * Boris Andreyev as ''Nazar Duma'' * Stepan Kayukov as ''Kirill Petrovich'', head of the collective farm * Pyotr Aleynikov as ''Savka'' * Vladimir Kolchin as ''Kharitosha'' * Olga Borovikova as ''Franya'' * R. Dneprova-Chajka as ''Markovna'' * Pyotr Valerianov as ''Granddad'' * Alexei Dolinin as ''Firefighter'' * Pyotr Savin as ''tankman'', Klim's friend * Artavazd Kefchiyan as ''tankman'', Klim's friendTractor Drivers (1939) Full Cast / Crew
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Cultural influence

The '' March of the Soviet Tankmen'' from this film was widely used in pre-war Soviet propaganda, while other tunes became popular songs, and are still performed. ''

Tractor Drivers 2 Tractor Driver 2 is an absurd tragicomedy directed by Gleb and Igor Aleynikov, based on Renata Litvinova's script. The plot is loosely based on famous Soviet films in the manner of "Socialist realism": ''Tractor Drivers'', ''Wedding in Malinov ...

'' was a parody film made in 1991, whose plot is loosely based on that of Tractor Drivers.

References

External links

* 1939 films 1930s Russian-language films Soviet comedy-drama films 1939 comedy-drama films Soviet black-and-white films Films set in Ukraine Films shot in Ukraine Films directed by Ivan Pyryev Mosfilm films {{USSR-film-stub