 Commissioned by a communist youth group , the film 's production ran from 1935 to 1937 , until it was halted by the central Soviet government , which said it contained artistic , social , and political failures . Some , however , blamed the failure of Bezhin Meadow on government interference and policies , extending all the way to Joseph Stalin himself . In the wake of the film 's failure , Eisenstein publicly recanted his work as an error . Individuals were arrested during and after the ensuing debacle . 
