Salt for Svanetia(Movie, 1930)

Name: Salt for Svanetia
Genre: Drama, Documentary, History
Released: 1930
Duration: T01:2:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "Джим Швантэ (Соль Сванетии)" (Georgian/KA)

1h 2min | Genres: Drama, Documentary, History

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს marili svanets; Russian: Соль Сванетии, romanized: Sol' Svanetii) is a 1930 Soviet-Georgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic. ()

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About Salt for Svanetia

An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

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Additional Information

Production country: Soviet Union

Plays in: Soviet Union

Made by: Gruzia-Film

Original language: Georgian (KA)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Georgian (KA), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/24/1930

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Screenwriter: Sergei Tretyakov

Film Editor: Viktor Shklovsky

Director of Photography: Mikhail Kalatozov

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Соль Сванетии"

"Das Salz Swanetiens"

"Sal para Svanetia"

"Le Sel de Svanétie"

"„ჯიმ შვანთე“ (მარილი სვანეთს)"

"Jim Shvante (marili svanets)"

"Il sale della Svanezia"

"スヴァネティの塩"

"Sól Swanetii"

"Jim Shvante (Salt for Svaneti)"

"The Salt of Svanetia"

"Sol dlya Svanetiya"

Keywords: propaganda, soviet propaganda

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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