Lursmani cheqmashi

Dec 31 1931 N/A 0h 53m
Drama, War

Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film. The film sets out to illustrate the old adage, "For want of a nail, the battle was lost," showing how the inferior quality of something so trivial as a nail in a soldier's boot leads inexorably to the capture of an armored train. Kalatozov had intended to demonstrate the crucial and universal importance of efficiency in Soviet industry, but the government decided that his fable gave a negative impression of the Red Army's capabilities.

Plot

Sympathetic portrayal of a soldier who inadvertently commits sabotage through his ineptitude on the battlefield.

Written by

Leonid Perelman

Directed by

Mikhail Kalatozov

Cast

Aleksandre Jaliashvili, Siko Palavandishvili, Akaki Khorava

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Georgian-Film

Languages

No Language

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
329
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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