Cinema
მზაღო და გელა
Lev Push · 1934
Synopsis
A high-mountain Georgian village, in 1928. The young peasant Gela loves Mzago and is to marry her. A group of Soviet tourists arrives and shows the villagers a radio set: the device upsets what governed everyone's life, and the two young people decide to go out to meet this new world of which they know nothing.
Context
The film is signed by three people, Alexandre Lordkipanidze, Chalva Khouskivadze and the author of the line, and produced by Georgia's Goskinprom. Levan Khotivari, who would himself become a director, plays the role of Gela, and Siko Vatchnadze that of a Khevsur. The directories give four different years for this film, from 1930 to 1934, which is common for Georgian production in the last years of the silent era, and it circulated under three other Russian titles, all built on the radio or on the mountain.
Who it is for
Fifty-six minutes of silent film, with no French release. It helps to know that the Georgia of those years expected its films to show the arrival of the regime in a favourable light.
Prizes and reception
Nothing is known of its reception. The film can now be viewed online on the Russian state's cultural portal, its only known distribution.