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| Directed by | Mikhail Kalatozov |
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| Edited by | Viktor Shklovsky[1] |
| Distributed by | Gruziya-film[2] |
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Running time | 55 min |
| Countries | Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Language | Silent film |
Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს marili svanets; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Соль Сванетии, romanized: Sol' Svanetii) is a 1930 Soviet-Georgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic.
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- ^ a b Rollberg, Peter (November 2008). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 598. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.