Prairie Station
About Prairie Station
Stepan Potanin works the Tikhy goldfield. His father, who wants him back in the artel, gives him a bar of gold from a deposit that has not been reported. Stepan is accused of stealing the bar and goes to his father. They turn the new ground over to the field's engineers. Stepan is put in charge of the mines and tells the engineer Galina Polevaya that he loves her. His father goes looking for more gold.
Cast & crew
More about Prairie Station
Olga Preobrazhenskaya and Ivan Pravov directed. The Russian title is Парень из тайги (A Guy from the Taiga). Aleksey Solodkov is credited as cinematographer, Aleksandr Varlamov with the music, and Vyacheslav Ivanov with the sets. Letterboxd dates a Soviet theatrical release on May 13, 1941.
Themes
Look
Aleksey Solodkov is the cinematographer credited on the film's listings.
Music
Aleksandr Varlamov is credited with the score.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the Russian title.
Notes
- Wikidata names Aleksandr Filimonov as the writer. Other catalogs name Vadim Distler.
- The cast includes Ivan Pereverzev, Vladimir Gardin, Rostislav Plyatt, and Alla Kazanskaya.
- Preobrazhenskaya and Pravov had co-directed Women of Ryazan (1927).
- An English synopsis still calls the father the old partisan Fedor Potanin and the son the crew leader Stepan.
Scenes
- Stepan is accused of stealing the bar his father gave him.
- Father and son hand the new deposits to the engineers.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1941 Парень из тайги.webm)
