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The Ruler

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 52M

Director : Shalva Shengeli

Synopsis

Stalin’s statue in the garden of a nunnery provokes discussion – plenty of it – in a small Georgian village. Some of the locals used to know Stalin personally because he visited the village several times when he was young, and they continue to see him as a benign ruler from the good old days rather than the brutal dictator he was. Whenever an episode of purge shook the Soviet Union’s republics, they hid the statue in the woods. The church also plays an important role in people’s lives. All in all, the film reveals a fundamental conflict in Georgian society.

Actors

Crews

Shalva Shengeli
Shalva Shengeli
Director
Nino Chutkerashvili
Nino Chutkerashvili
Producer
Giorgi Sigua
Giorgi Sigua
Cinematography
Beka Gersamia
Beka Gersamia
Editor
Paata Godziashvili
Paata Godziashvili
Sound
Zurab Javakhia
Zurab Javakhia
Music

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