10. Dovzhenko 2 Readings  Marx: Economic and Philosophic Mss of 1844: Private Property and Communism Lecture Zabel: On Dovzhenko Discussion:  Make your entries for this session in the Discussions page of our Blackboard Site Film Dovzenko: Arsenal (1928) Dovzhenko’s lyrical and epic film concerns the effects of the First World War and the lead up to the Revolution on the peasants living and working in the Ukrainian countryside. Arsenal focuses on a variety of members in a Ukrainian community, documenting the effects of these historical moments on the peasants. It is notable for featuring disturbing scenes of war, including a German soldier dying while under the effects of laughing gas, and thus has a strong pacifist element to it. Along with Earth (1930) and Zvenigora (1929), this film forms Dovzhenko's Ukraine trilogy, all of which take place on farms in Ukraine. Similar to the montage filmmakers in Revolutionary content but not necessarily in style, Dovzhenko’s film features an emphasis on nature and his characters’ relationship to it as well as on a pro-Revolutionary narrative. - David C. Gillespie. Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda (London: Wallflower Press, 2000)82 Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko Writer: Aleksandr Dovzhenko Cast: Semeon Svashenko, Mykola Nademsky, Amvroziy Buchma Year: 1928 Production Studio: VUFKU Sorry but the full film is not on You Tube. You will need to get a copy from Netflix, a DVD store, or a good library.

10. Dovzhenko 2

Readings

Marx: Economic and Philosophic Mss of 1844: Private Property and Communism

Lecture

Zabel: On Dovzhenko

Discussion:

Make your entries for this session in the Discussions page of our Blackboard Site

Film

Dovzenko: Arsenal (1928)

Dovzhenko’s lyrical and epic film concerns the effects of the First World War and the lead up to the Revolution on the peasants living and working in the Ukrainian countryside. Arsenal focuses on a variety of members in a Ukrainian community, documenting the effects of these historical moments on the peasants. It is notable for featuring disturbing scenes of war, including a German soldier dying while under the effects of laughing gas, and thus has a strong pacifist element to it. Along with Earth (1930) and Zvenigora (1929), this film forms Dovzhenko's Ukraine trilogy, all of which take place on farms in Ukraine.

Similar to the montage filmmakers in Revolutionary content but not necessarily in style, Dovzhenko’s film features an emphasis on nature and his characters’ relationship to it as well as on a pro-Revolutionary narrative.

- David C. Gillespie. Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda (London: Wallflower Press, 2000)82

Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Writer: Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast: Semeon Svashenko, Mykola Nademsky, Amvroziy Buchma

Year: 1928

Production Studio: VUFKU

Sorry but the full film is not on You Tube. You will need to get a copy from Netflix, a DVD store, or a good library.