Dream of a Cossack
Synopsis
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.
Where to watch
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Top cast
Sergey Bondarchuk
Semyon Tutarinov
Anatoli Chemodurov
Semyon Goncharenko
Kira Kanayeva
Irina Lyubasheva
Boris Chirkov
Kondratyev
Nikolai Komissarov
Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov
Vladimir Ratomsky
Stepan Petrovich Ragulin
Nikolai Gritsenko
Artamashov
Ivan Pereverzev
Boichenko
Tamara Nosova
Anfisa
Stepan Kayukov
Rubstov-Yennitsky