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The Land of the Ancestors

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Second World War. The fascists attack Svaneti. Old Betkili, whose son was killed in the war, lives far from the village. The old man comes across a Soviet soldier, Lasha, and shelters him in the mountains, but soon finds the soldier’s behavior suspicious.

DirectorsGiga Lortkipanidze·Giuli Chokhonelidze
Writersინგა გარუჩავა·პეტრე ხოტიანოვსკი

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Cast · Directed by Giga Lortkipanidze

GCGiuli Chokhonelidze
Giuli Chokhonelidze
betqili
ZKZura Kipshidze
Zura Kipshidze
lasha
GM
Giorgi Machaidze
gega
MAMzia Arabuli
Mzia Arabuli
darji
KDKote Daushvili
Kote Daushvili
davit
LKLia Kapanadze
Lia Kapanadze
mariami
KKKetevan Kiknadze
Ketevan Kiknadze
nino
MM
Marina Mikashavidze
mzia
TSTamar Skhirtladze
Tamar Skhirtladze
daria
MG
Malkaz Gorgiladze
MV
Mikheil Vashadze
GK
Gia Kobakhidze

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