 Before production of the film began , the script by Aleksandr Rzheshevsky was well received by Eisenstein , but there were initial concerns about the quality of the plot and characterization involved . The commission for the production was issued by the Communist Youth League , or Komsomol , to honor their efforts in supporting collective farm work , and was to focus on " the socialist reconstruction of the countryside " . Filming began in the middle of 1935 , and in October 1935 the first developed film was presented to the Mosfilm Studio , which was producing Bezhin Meadow . The studio requested changes , and production continued . In August 1936 , with most of the principal filming done , Boris Shumyatsky , the then @-@ head of the Soviet GUK ( Principal Directorate for the Cinema ) ordered a halt in production and directed that the film be re @-@ written . The script was again revised , with Eisenstein acknowledging errors in his production after a further version was rejected by the studio . During the creation of Bezhin Meadow , Eisenstein did not widely screen footage of the film for review . 
