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Eliso (1928)

Eliso poster
Original title
ელისო
Directed by
Nikoloz Shengelaya
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in 19th century Georgia faces the hardships of her community under Russian imperial rule. The story follows her personal struggle caught between loyalty to her family and a forbidden love.

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What happens

Eliso is a 1928 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Nikoloz Shengelaia and loosely based on the short story by Alexander Kazbegi. It was made in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was released in the United States in 1929 by Amkino under the alternative title of Caucasian Love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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