About the film
Klim Yarko comes home from the army and stops at a collective farm where Maryana, the best tractor driver in the district, is famous for turning down every suitor.
To win her he must first turn the farm's lazy tractor brigade into champions. Ivan Pyryev's musical comedy is full of songs, sunshine and the optimism of 1930s Soviet propaganda, which is part of its interest today.
Its song about three tank crewmen became one of the best-known Soviet songs.
Did you know?
- The song 'Three Tankmen' from the film became a classic.
- Marina Ladynina, the star, was married to the director Ivan Pyryev.
- It is a typical example of the 'kolkhoz musical' genre of the 1930s.
