Member of the Government
About Member of the Government
In the spring of 1930 Alexandra Sokolova, a former farmhand married to the jealous peasant Yefim, joins a kolkhoz. The Party puts her in charge of it. She has to deal with the farm, with neighbors who do not trust her, and with her husband. Yefim leaves when she will not give the job up. The farm improves under her. He comes back. In 1936 she is elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet.
Cast & crew
More about Member of the Government
Aleksandr Zarkhi and Iosif Kheifits directed at Lenfilm in 1939. Katerina Vinogradskaya wrote the script with them. Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed it. The Soviet premiere was 8 March 1940. While writing, Vinogradskaya met a real Alexandra Sokolova, who was the model for the part. Vera Maretskaya plays her.
Themes
Background
The story starts in the spring of 1930, during collectivization, and reaches the 1936 Supreme Soviet election.
Making
Vinogradskaya's research included a meeting with the woman whose name the heroine uses.
Reviews
In 1957 the magazine Sovetsky Ekran placed the film among outstanding works of Soviet cinema.
Look
Aleksandr Gintsburg was the cinematographer.
Notes
- Vasili Vanin plays Yefim Sokolov. Nikolai Kryuchkov plays his brother Nikita.
- The film is black and white.
- Wikidata also lists publication dates of 9 November 1940 and 28 June 1946 besides the March 1940 premiere.
Scenes
- Yefim walks out when Alexandra will not resign the chairmanship.
- He returns after the farm has improved, and she is later elected a deputy.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1939. Член правительства.webm)
