Nikolay SHENGELAIA
Николай ШЕНГЕЛАЯ
Nikolaï CHENGUELAIA
USSR, 1939, 80mn 
fiction
Rodina
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Родина

 

 La Patrie

 Rodina

 
Directed by : Nikolay SHENGELAIA (Николай ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
Writing credits : Nikolay SHENGELAIA (Николай ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
Based on the play from G. Mdivani "Honor"
 
Cast
Nato VACHNADZE (Нато ВАЧНАДЗЕ)
Konstantin DAUSHVILI (Константин ДАУШВИЛИ)
Sergo ZAKARIADZE (Серго ЗАКАРИАДЗЕ)
Levan KHOTIVARY (Леван ХОТИВАРИ )
 
Cinematography : Konstantin KUZNETSOV (Константин КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Music : Andrey BALANCHIVADZE (Андрей БАЛАНЧИВАДЗЕ)
Production : Studio de Tbilissi
Release date in Russia : 13/04/1940
 

Plot synopsis
Sardion and Yagora, two simple peasants from a Georgian village, are great friends. But neither Yagora nor the other villagers suspect that Sardion is a foreign agent. During the civil war Yagora's son Nodar, who now lives abroad, manages to infiltrate as another foreign agent with Sardion's help. Pursued by border guards Nodar finds refuge with his father who is faced with a dilemma: save his son or fulfill his duty as a citizen.
 

Commentaries
Героическая романтика. Николай Шенгелая о сюжете и съемках фильма Родина [Le réalisateur Nikolaï Chenguelaia parle de son film La Patrie, 1939], Nikolay SHENGELAIA, chapaev.media, Sovietski Kinoekran, 1939, N°11, 1939
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023