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The Nail in the Boot

6.6193153mMovieDramaWar

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…

DirectorMikhail Kalatozov
WriterLeonid Perelman

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Cast · Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

AJAleqsandre Jaliashvili
Aleqsandre Jaliashvili
Worker
SPSiko Palavandishvili
Siko Palavandishvili
Red army soldier
AKAkaki Khorava
Akaki Khorava
Chief of the train
AKArkadi Khintibidze
Arkadi Khintibidze
Prosecutor
KMKirile Macharadze
Kirile Macharadze
Chairman of the court (uncredited)

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The Nail in the Boot hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 18, 1932. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.