Agrarian Sacrifice Ritual in the Film’s Narration

This article is devoted to a structure of an agrarian sacrifice ritual in a film’s narration, basing on such films as “Earth” by A.P. Dovzhenko and “Ryazan women” by O.I. Preobrazhenskaya. During research main aspects of the ceremonial structure were characterized. It includes: participants of the ceremony, a presence of a deity, a purpose of the sacrifice, its motive and an object of sacrifice. It deals with a dramatical situation of “crisis of ceremony”, causing a struggle between “old” and “new” priesthood for the right to actualize a myth of the Earth.