''Earthy Love'' () is a 1974 Soviet

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film directed by

Yevgeny Matveyev Yevgeny Semyonovich Matveyev (, ; 8 March 1922 – 1 June 2003) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor and film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He is best known as Nagulnov in ''Virgin Soil Upturned ( ...

and starring Matveyev,

Olga Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films '' We'll Live Till Monday'' (1968, her debut), '' The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (1972, Italian ''Silver Nymph'' ...

, and

Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in Cinema of the ...

. The film was a screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's

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''Earthy Love'', and was viewed by 50.9 million spectators in 1975. Yevgeny Matveyev was honored with the State Prize of the RSFSR for ''Earthy Love'' and ''

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''.

Plot

A story about love, the late chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Derugin (Yevgeny Matveev) marries the young woman Maria Polivanova (Olga Ostroumova) at the height of the harvest. There is a parallel developing romance between Catherine and her sister Derugin secretary of the District Party Committee Bryukhanov. The film shows the life of the Soviet countryside in the 1930s.

Cast

References

External links

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Earthy Love: Kino-teatr.ru
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