Mikhail KALATOZOV
Михаил КАЛАТОЗОВ
Mikhaïl KALATOZOV
USSR, 1931, 50mn 
Black and white, fiction
Gvozd v sapoge
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Гвоздь в сапоге

 

 Nail in the Boot

 Le Clou dans la botte

Russian subtitle : Страна в опасности / Сигнал / Гвоздь
Other titles : Lursmani cheqmashi
 
Directed by : Mikhail KALATOZOV (Михаил КАЛАТОЗОВ)
Writing credits : Leonid PERELMAN (Леонид ПЕРЕЛЬМАН)
 
Cast
Aleksandr JALIASHVILI (Александр ДЖАЛИАШВИЛИ)
Arkadi KHINTIBIDZE (Аркадий ХИНТИБИДЗЕ)
Akaki KHORAVA (Акакий ХОРАВА)
Siko PALAVANDISHIVILI (Сико ПАЛАВАНДИШВИЛИ)
 
Cinematography : Shalva APAKIDZE (Шалва АПАКИДЗЕ)
Production design : Serapion VATSADZE (Серапион ВАЦАДЗЕ)
Companies : Goskinprom Gruzii (Госкинпром Грузии)
 
language géorgien, russe

Plot synopsis
A defense propaganda film with the message «Bunglers Harm the Defense!», constructed in the form of a parable. Because of wretched boots the worker cannot deliver an important message in time during the maneuvers, and the crew of the armored train «perishes» in a mock gas attack. The main character finds himself in court in the dock, but as it transpires, the members of the tribunal are themselves guilty, because there are among them the crew members of the «lost» armored train, including shoemakers, who produced the bad boots.
Source : www.moscowfilmfestival.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2016
- Festival "Polka. liberated cinema", Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Pordenone (Italy), 2010
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008