A Soviet-made film entitled “Virgin Soil Upturned” was shot in a dramatic genre and tells the story of the life of ordinary workers on a small collective farm, experiencing certain difficulties in the economy in the post-war years. The main roles were played by the actors of Virgin Soil Upturned - Pyotr Chernov, Andrey Abrikosov and Lyudmila Khityaeva. The picture came out on screens in 1959, after it passed a rigorous test for compliance with all the requirements of the cinema of that time. The director was Alexander Ivanov, and the script for the film was written by Yuri Lukin, Mikhail Sholokhov and Fedor Khashmagonov.
Plot of the film
Davydov is a young man who lives in the Leningrad Region and has already managed to get higher education, a certain experience in the work of agricultural land. His visit to the small farm Gremyachiy Log should solve a number of problems with the transition of the economy from the state type to the collective one. Meanwhile, a conflict is brewing on the collective farm - the kulaks are actively using the poorly educated and poor people to ignite political conflicts, setting them against Makar Nagulnov.
Davydov from the film "Virgin Soil Upturned" (1959) seeks to improve the situation, and he has it. But methods based on the ordinary conviction of the people differ from those that Nagulnov used to use. After several dramatic cases, Davydov and Makar are still reconciled. The plot is based on real events that took place in the thirties of the twentieth century.
Chernov Peter
Peter is an actor from Virgin Soil Upturned, a fairly popular personality. He completely devoted his life to work in the theater and filming in feature films. Born at the beginning of the 20th century in the small village of Medvedchikovo. In modern times, the village is located in the Yaya district of the Kemerovo region. After school, the young man expressed a desire to become an actor and entered GITIS for the course of the People's Artist of the Soviet Union L. Leonidov. Release occurred in 1939.
The debut in the movie of Pyotr Chernov took place in the city of Gomel immediately after graduation. The first role in the theater was the image of the auditor in the play of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. During the war he did not go to war, but by decree of the head and chief of the military headquarters he traveled with the troupe on various fronts and raised the morale of the soldiers. In the postwar years, he was active in the Moscow Art Theater. Known for his roles in the film "Virgin Soil Upturned" (1959), where he played Davydov, and in "Quiet Don" - Bunchuk.
Evgeny Matveev
Matveev Eugene - theater and film actor, as well as director and teacher. Born in the small village of Novoukrainka (now in the Kherson region). In "Virgin Soil Upturned," the actor played the role of Makar. Early childhood was spent in constant work - a little boy helped his parents. During a short trip to the city of Tsyurupinsk, Zhenya first saw the performance of theater enthusiasts. Since then, the boy caught fire in the theater and everything connected with it in one way or another.
During schooling, the future actor from "Virgin Soil Upturned" began to study additionally in the amateur circle. In his numbers, he simultaneously performed the roles of a magician, dancer, and vocalist. Before the war began, in 1941, Matveev entered the film studio at the school of actors in Kiev. However, he left there, as he decided to go to the front. After the war he played in the drama theater of the city of Tyumen, and after that he moved to Novosibirsk. He taught at VGIK.
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Khityaeva Lyudmila - Soviet theater and film actress, one of the most popular women in the USSR. Born in the family of an engineer-economist and military doctor. The head of the family during the Great Patriotic War worked at a military factory and strongly supported the army.
After leaving school, the girl entered the Gorky Theater School by pure chance. Lyudmila came to support her friend during admission, but suddenly asked the commission to listen to her. In 1952, Khityaeva worked in the troupe of the Gorky Drama Theater.
In the series "Quiet Flows the Don", consisting of three parts, Khityaeva played the role of Daria Melekhova - a carefree girl with a difficult and tragic fate. After was the work of the actress in "Virgin Soil Upturned" and "Catherine Voronina," as well as the famous painting "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka."
Lyudmila was married twice. The first husband was 5 years older, he studied at the Gorky Theater School. The second husband is a urologist who died in the 70s. After Lyudmila did not want to get married and raised her son Paul alone.