How to watch the Ukraine Trilogy films in order
There are 3 Ukraine Trilogy films, about 4.4 hours in total. The first was released in 1928, the latest in 1930. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
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.
- 1
Zvenigora (1928)
7 Mar 1928 · 92 min
An old man tells his grandson of a legendary treasure buried beneath the hills of Zvenigora, setting in motion a sweeping cinematic poem that intertwines Ukrainian folklore, history, and revolution.
- 2
Arsenal (1929)
25 Feb 1929 · 93 min
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.
- 3
Earth (1930)
8 Apr 1930 · 79 min
During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.