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Dream of a Cossack

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.

Top Cast

  • Sergey Bondarchuk

    Sergey Bondarchuk

    Semyon Tutarinov

  • Anatoli Chemodurov

    Anatoli Chemodurov

    Semyon Goncharenko

  • Kira Kanayeva

    Kira Kanayeva

    Irina Lyubasheva

  • Boris Chirkov

    Boris Chirkov

    Kondratyev

  • Nikolai Komissarov

    Nikolai Komissarov

    Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov

  • Vladimir Ratomsky

    Vladimir Ratomsky

    Stepan Petrovich Ragulin

  • Nikolai Gritsenko

    Nikolai Gritsenko

    Artamashov

  • Ivan Pereverzev

    Ivan Pereverzev

    Boichenko

  • Tamara Nosova

    Tamara Nosova

    Anfisa

Overview

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.

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