Tractor Drivers

Tractor Drivers
Russian: Трактористы
Directed by	Ivan Pyryev
Written by
Produced by	Viktor Biyazi
Starring	Marina Ladynina Nikolay Kryuchkov Boris Andreyev
Cinematography
Edited by	Anna Kulganek
Music by
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	July 3, 1939
Running time	88 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Tractor Drivers (Russian: Трактористы, romanized: Traktoristy) is a 1939 Soviet comedy drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev.^[1][2][3]

Plot[]

1930s. The demobilized tank driver Klim Yarko returns to his kolkhoz on the Ukrainian steppe, where Mariana Bazhan works as the master of speed plowing. This results in her having a lot of admirers, which she does not appreciate. To dissuade her suitors, Mariana asks Nazar Duma to be her fake fiancé.^[4]

Starring[]

• Marina Ladynina as Maryana Bazhan
• Nikolay Kryuchkov as Klim Yarko
• Boris Andreyev^[5] as Nazar Duma
• Stepan Kayukov as Kirill Petrovich, head of the collective farm
• as Savka
• as Kharitosha
• as Franya
• as Markovna
• as Granddad
• as Firefighter
• as tankman, Klim's friend
• as tankman, Klim's friend^[6]

Cultural influence[]

The March of the Soviet Tankmen from this film was widely used in pre-war Soviet propaganda, while other tunes became popular songs, and are still performed.

Tractor Drivers 2 was a parody film made in 1991, whose plot is loosely based on that of Tractor Drivers.

References[]

External links[]

• Tractor Drivers at IMDb

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