My Grandmother (1929)

Original title

ნათლიმამა (ჩემი ბებია)

Directed by

Kote Mikaberidze

Genre

drama film, silent film, live-action/animated film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 07m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to prove he is not dead by obtaining a document from a bureaucratic office. The film uses stylized sets and visual comedy to mock Soviet red tape.

satiricalabsurdistplayfulwhimsicalfast-pacedexpressionistsurrealsharp

What happens

My Grandmother (Georgian: ნათლიმამა, Russian: Моя бабушка) is a 1929 Soviet Georgian comedy directed by Kote Mikaberidze. Filmed in 1928, the film was banned as "anti-Soviet" upon its 1929 release, shelved for 39 years, and not widely screened again until its 1976 restoration by Leila Gordeladze. The film is noted for its Expressionist sets by designer Irakli Gamrekeli and its satirical attitude towards bureaucracy and red tape. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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