The Land of the Ancestors

Name: The Land of the Ancestors
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1979-10-30
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Giuli Chokhonelidze, Zura Kipshidze, Giorgi Machaidze, Mzia Arabuli, Kote Daushvili

October 30, 1979
Directed by
Giga Lortkipanidze

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.