Jim Shvante (marili svanets) (1930)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Mikhail Kalatozov

Writer:

Sergei Tretyakov (based on an article by)

Release Date:

24 May 1930 (Russia)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Weaving | Yarn | Map | Animal Sacrifice | Avalanche

Also Known As:

Jim Shvante (Salt for Svaneti) (informal literal English title)
Salt for Svanetia (USA)
Sol Svanetii (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Sol dlya Svanetiya
The Salt of Svanetia

Runtime:

Georgia:55 min | USA:54 min (1997 alternate version)

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Georgian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (TV rating)

Company:

Sakhkinmretsvi

Extraordinary documentary virtually unknown

Extraordinary documentary filmed in the late twenties of the last century in a remote region of the former Soviet Union, anticipates Buñuel´s Las hurdes in showing the poverty and hard lives of people with a mastery work of cinematography and edition. Mijail Kalatozov exhibits here very early why he could do I am Cuba more than thirty years later. Virtually unknown by young movie critics, it´s undoubtly a must for all movie critics fans.