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Salt for Svanetia (1930)

1h 3m

Running Time

May 24, 1930
Release Date

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Salt for Svanetia (1930)

Name: Salt for Svanetia
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Released: 1930-05-24

1h 3m

Running Time

May 24, 1930
Release Date

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Plot.

An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

Where to Watch.

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Free

Currently Salt for Svanetia is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Klassiki, Kanopy

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Cast & Crew.

Mikhail Kalatozov

Director / Camera Operator / Director of Photography / Screenplay

Sergei Tretyakov

Screenstory

Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II

Thanks

Tyler Gooden

Digital Intermediate Assistant

Zoran Borisavljevic

Composer

Davit Kintsurashvili

Music Director

Masha Khotimsky

Original Music Composer / Sound Designer

Oliver Hanley

Thanks

Christian Ketels

Digital Compositor

Adelheid Heftberger

Thanks

Siko Palavandishvili

Second Unit Director

Stefan Drößler

Visual Effects Supervisor

Shalva Gegelashvili

Director of Photography

Davit Kakabadze

Production Design

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 24, 1930

Original Name
ჯიმ შვანთე (მარილი სვანეთს)

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 3m

Genres
Documentary Drama History

Last updated: 2025-04-12

This Movie Is About.

propaganda

soviet propaganda

Wiki.

Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს marili svanets; Russian: Соль Сванетии, romanized: Sol' Svanetii) is a 1930 Soviet-Georgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic.