On the Steppe

1950 Family 44 minutes Directed by Boris Buneev

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About On the Steppe

Pioneer Seryozha Emelyanov has never seen the steppe. He goes there with his father, a chauffeur, for the harvest. He arrives sure that farm work is dull. By the end he likes the place.

Cast & crew

More about On the Steppe

Boris Buneev directed. Alexander Galich and Pyotr Pavlenko wrote it. Anatoly Lepin composed the music. The Gorky studio released the 44-minute film in 1950.

Themes

  • A city boy at a harvest
  • A prejudice about farm work that does not hold
  • Seryozha Emelyanov
  • steppe
  • harvest
  • chauffeur
  • Pioneer
  • Gorky Film Studio

Background

Harvest films were a regular Gorky-studio subject in 1950. This one sends a city Pioneer out with a driver for the season.

Making

Buneev made the harvest story as a short feature at the Gorky studio, with Lepin scoring the steppe scenes.

Music

Anatoly Lepin composed the score.

Notes

  • Seryozha is a Pioneer, the Soviet children's organization.
  • His father is on the harvest as a driver, and the boy rides with him.
  • The turn is his opinion of farm life, not a crime or a contest.
  • Galich, later a banned songwriter, is a credited writer here.
  • Pavlenko's name is on the script with Galich's.

Scenes

  • Seryozha arrives with his father expecting the harvest to be boring.
  • The work and the steppe change his mind.