The Nail in the Boot
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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.
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Cast
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Aleqsandre Jaliashvili
Worker
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Siko Palavandishvili
Red army soldier
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Shock-Worker
Akaki Khorava
Chief of the train
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George Saakadze
Arkadi Khintibidze
Prosecutor
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Kirile Macharadze
Chairman of the court (uncredited)
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Mikhail Kalatozov Director · Leonid Perelman Writer Shalva Apaqidze Cinematographer
First release December 31, 1931 · Produced in Russia, Georgia · Languages Georgian, Russian
Production
JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"
Production
Sakhkinmretsvi
Production
Russia · Georgia
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Original title
ლურსმანი ჩექმაში
Original language
Georgian
Spoken on screen
Georgian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 31, 1931
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 10, 1932 · Theatrical · Whole Soviet Union
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