Oleksandr Dovzhenko, "Kolo Dzygi" Silent Film Collection. ZEMLYA. (DVD). (Earth)

"Avant-garde "Earth", a recognized cinema masterpiece, was banned 9 days after release and glorified in Ukraine only after Dovzhenko's death, bringing forth dozens of controversial interpretations. Full of lyrical pantheism and utopian exaltation, it demonstrated the ambiguity of Ukrainian geopolitical choice in the 1920s.

The new soundtrack for "Earth" was created by Ukrainian ethno-chaos band "DakhaBrakha", whose music shifts the emphasis from the film's ideological connotations to universal one."
The release includes a 52-page booklet which contains more in-depth and detailed information about the film and its creators (in Ukrainian).
Written by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Cinematography by Danylo Demutskyi
Design by Vasyl Krychevskyi Jr.
Cast: Stepan Shkurat, Petro Masokha, Elena Maksimova, Mykola Nademskyi, Semen Svashenko
Soundtrack: DakhaBrakha

Pay attention as well to the box set "Olexander Dovzhenko. Trilogy" – a collection of restored films Zvenyhora, Arsenal, and Earth with modern soundtracks.

DZYGA’S CIRCLE – a collection of the best Ukrainian silent films – masterpieces of the world film classics restored in 2011-2012. Modern Ukrainian, Polish, German, British (and other) musicians working in the genres of electronic, jazz, and experimental music have created new soundtracks for the films. DZYGA’S CIRCLE is a dvd-collection of rare movies capable of radically changing the established perception of the Ukrainian cinema.

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Subtitles: English
Video format: PAL – 6:4
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
DVD Region: ALL