Earthly Love
Movie poster Earthly Love
Directed by	Yevgeny Matveyev
Written by	Yevgeny Matveyev Valentin Chernykh Pyotr Proskurin
Produced by	Anatoly Mironov
Starring	Yevgeny Matveyev Olga Ostroumova Yury Yakovlev Valeriya Zaklunna Zinaida Kiriyenko
Cinematography	Victor Yakushev Genadiy Tsekaviy
Edited by	Maria Kareva
Music by	Yevgeny Ptichkin
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	24 April 1975 (1975-04-24)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Earthy Love (Russian: Любовь земная, romanized: Lyubov zemnaya) is a 1974 Russian romantic drama film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, and Yury Yakovlev. The film was a screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's novel Earthy Love, and was viewed by 50.9 million spectators in 1975.^[1] Yevgeny Matveyev was honored with the State Prize of the RSFSR for Earthy Love and Destiny.^[2]

Plot

A story about love, the late chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Derugin (Yevgeny Matveev) marries the young woman Maria Polivanova (Olga Ostroumova) at the height of the harvest. There is a parallel developing romance between Catherine and her sister Derugin secretary of the District Party Committee Bryukhanov. The film shows the life of the Soviet countryside in the 1930s.

Cast