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Peasants from The North Star:
With an all-star cast and at a cost of more than $3 million, The North Star was the most lavish film produced by Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974). The brainchild of playwright Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) and Academy Award-winning director William Wyler (1902-1981), the film was intended to foster pro-Soviet sentiment during World War II, when the Soviet Union was a U.S. ally. Shown on the set are the actors who played the film's realistic-looking Russian peasants. |