Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

1968
31m
5.9

5.9/10

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Overview

Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by sabotaging the year's harvest, and the son's efforts to stop his own father to protect the Soviet state, culminating in the boy's murder and a social uprising. Assigned to Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein, the filming followed the same path as with his previous effort, "Que Viva Mexico", into cost overrun and over-shooting of footage. Furthermore, Eisenstein's usage of forbidden experimental film techniques outraged his government superiors, who ordered the film destroyed before it was even completed. All that survives are the first and last frames of each shot, preserved by Sergei Eisenstein’s wife, Pera Atasheva. The 1967 reconstruction, by Naum Kleiman of the Eisenstein Museum and Sergei Yutkevich of Gosfilmofond, places these frames in order, approximating the original film.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
State Cinematography Department
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
No Language Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Бежин луг
Release Date March 4, 1968
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0028624

Cast

Viktor Kartashov
Viktor Kartashov

Степок

Boris Zakhava
Boris Zakhava

Samokhin, Stepok's Father

Pyotr Arzhanov
Pyotr Arzhanov

Political Commissioner (as Pavel Ardzhanov)

Yekaterina Teleshova
Yekaterina Teleshova

President of Kolkhoz

Nikolai Maslov
Nikolai Maslov

Arsonist

Nikolai Khmelyov
Nikolai Khmelyov

Peasant

Stanislav Rostotsky
Stanislav Rostotsky

Boy

Yakov Zajtsev
Yakov Zajtsev

Evgenia Bagorskaya
Evgenia Bagorskaya

Vasiliy Savitskiy
Vasiliy Savitskiy

Bearded man

Key Crew

Sergei Eisenstein
Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Writer
Isaak Babel
Writer
Alexandr Rzheshevsky
Writer