Mikhail KALATOZOV Михаил КАЛАТОЗОВ Mikhaïl KALATOZOV   USSR (Georgia), 1930, 55 mn  Black and white, documentary

Salt for Svanetia ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Соль сванетии    Le Sel de Svaneti  Sol Svaneti

Plot synopsis

An ethnographic treasure that documents the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul. As the focus of the film shifts to the Svan's barbaric religious customs the film is transformed into a work of Communist propaganda, holding up these grotesque, near-pagan ceremonies (which many Svanetians later denied as accurate) as an example of religion's corruptive influence.
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