Dream of a Cossack

5.4
19511h 52m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

Semyon Tutarinov

Photo of Anatoli Chemodurov

Anatoli Chemodurov

Semyon Goncharenko

Photo of Boris Chirkov

Boris Chirkov

Kondratyev

Photo of Nikolai Komissarov

Nikolai Komissarov

Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov

Photo of Vladimir Ratomsky

Vladimir Ratomsky

Stepan Petrovich Ragulin

Photo of Stepan Kayukov

Stepan Kayukov

Rubstov-Yennitsky

Photo of Aleksandra Panova

Aleksandra Panova

Marfa Lubasheva

Photo of Mariya Yarotskaya

Mariya Yarotskaya

Vasilisa Nilovna

Photo of Boris Bityukov

Boris Bityukov

Viktor Grachev

Photo of Vladimir Uralskiy

Vladimir Uralskiy

Agriculturist

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