"Earth", a celebrated example of Soviet silent cinema, concerns the collectivization of agriculture in the Ukraine despite opposition from former landowners. Russian intertitles with English subtitles; music added. Director Alexander Dovzhenko; s tars Stephan Shkurat, Semen Svashenko, Julia Solntseva. Also available on 16mm, AV # 7187, and vhs, AV # 84888. A similar sound film by Sergei Eisenstein was banned before completion in 1937; this DVD includes a 31 minute reconstruction.