Dream of a Cossack
1951Soviet 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.
Acted in
Sergey Bondarchuk
as Semyon Tutarinov
Anatoli Chemodurov
as Semyon Goncharenko
Kira Kanayeva
as Irina Lyubasheva
Boris Chirkov
as Kondratyev
Nikolai Komissarov
as Fyodor Lukich Khokhlakov
Vladimir Ratomsky
as Stepan Petrovich Ragulin
Nikolai Gritsenko
as Artamashov
Ivan Pereverzev
as Boichenko
Tamara Nosova
as Anfisa
Stepan Kayukov
as Rubstov-Yennitsky
Sergei Troitsky
Aleksandra Panova
as Marfa Lubasheva
Daniil Ilchenko
as Timofey Ilyich
Pyotr Kiryutkin
as Nenashev
Mariya Yarotskaya
as Vasilisa Nilovna
Boris Bityukov
as Viktor Grachev
