Young Makvalla, who loves the cowman Onise, is married off to the unloved есаul Gela Goderdzishvili, who has become rich in the service of the bailiff. Onise decides to run away with Makvalla, and during a fight at Gela's house, he is seriously injured. Makvalla disappears from Gela's house. The fugitive is saved from death and taken in by the hermit shepherd Onfrey.
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Cast
10 people
Shalva Dadiani
priest
Also in
In The Black Mountains
The Surami Fortress
Giorgi Davitashvili
onise
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Princess Mary
The Surami Fortress
Elena Charskaya
jatia
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Valerian Gunia
Niko, Makvalla's father
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Khanuma
Gogi Ratiani
Margarita Barskaya
Also in
Love's Berries
Father and Son
Aleksander Imedashvili
gela
Also in
Eliso
Arsena
Zaal Terishvili
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Gogi Ratiani
Gypsy Blood
Margarita Alibegova
mayvala
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Yuza Zardiashvili
Nato Vachnadze
Also in
Suburban Districts
Natela
Vladimir Barsky Director · Shalva Dadiani Writer Alexander Kazbegi Author
First release September 1, 1922 · Produced in Russia · Original title მოძღვარი
Production
"Gansakhkomi"
Production
Russia
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Original title
მოძღვარი
Original language
Georgian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · September 1, 1922
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 26, 1926 · Theatrical
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