Alexander Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (Zvenigora, Arsenal, and Earth),although underappreciated by some contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary),is his most well-known work in the West.
Arsenal

NR1h 27m7.2

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A traumatized soldier is mysteriously sent back in time to Kyiv, where he finds himself caught in the midst of a brutal conflict between rival factions.

Earth

NR1h 24m7.2

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In the picturesque countryside, a heated conflict emerges between a rugged farmer and affluent landowners, driven by their fundamentally different stances on collective farming methods.

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