The Nail in the Boot

The Nail in the Boot

1931
53m
6.7

6.7/10

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Drama War
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: KA

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Production Information

Production Companies
JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Georgian Russian

Keywords

propaganda film parable

Quick Facts

Original Title ლურსმანი ჩექმაში
Release Date December 31, 1931
Status Released
Language KA
IMDb ID tt0022970

Cast

Aleqsandre Jaliashvili
Aleqsandre Jaliashvili

Worker

Siko Palavandishvili
Siko Palavandishvili

Red army soldier

Akaki Khorava
Akaki Khorava

Chief of the train

Arkadi Khintibidze
Arkadi Khintibidze

Prosecutor

Kirile Macharadze
Kirile Macharadze

Chairman of the court (uncredited)

Key Crew

Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Director
Leonid Perelman
Writer