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The Gadfly (1928)

The Gadfly poster
Original title
კრაზანა
Directed by
Kote Marjanishvili
Genre
silent film
Country
Georgian SSR
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A revolutionary story set in 19th century Italy about a man who becomes a political activist after a personal betrayal. The film follows his secret return to his homeland where he faces conflicts with both the church and his lost love.

historicalslow-burntragicatmosphericmelancholicseriousrestraineddated

What happens

Krazana (Georgian: კრაზანა) is a 1928 Soviet-Georgian black-and-white silent film directed by Kote Marjanishvili. It is based on the 1897 novel The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich. "Krazana" means wasp in Georgian language. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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