Georgia, 1864. The Tsarist regime is using Cossacks to forcibly resettle Muslim Georgians to Turkey in order to steal their land. Meanwhile a Muslim girl falls in love with a Christian from the next village.
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Cast
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Aleksander Imedashvili
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Kohkta Karalashvili
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Kira Andronikashvili
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Tsetsilia Tsutsunava
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Marika Chimishkyan
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Nikoloz Shengelaia Director · Sergei Tretyakov Writer Alexander Kazbegi Author
United States release December 2, 1929 · Produced in Russia, Russia, Georgia · Production Sakhkinmretsvi, Sovkino
Production
JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"
Production
Sakhkinmretsvi
Production
Sovkino
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Russia · Russia · Georgia
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Languages
Original title
ელისო
Original language
Georgian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Georgia · October 23, 1928
Premiere
United States · December 2, 1929
Theatrical
Finland
November 11, 1929 · Theatrical
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