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Khabarda (Step aside, stones are falling here) (1931)

Khabarda (Step aside, stones are falling here) poster
Original title
ხაბარდა!
Directed by
Mikheil Chiaureli
Genre
comedy film, satirical film
Country
Georgian SSR
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1930s Tbilisi, young Soviet workers clash with small business owners and traditional townspeople. The film uses slapstick and absurd situations to poke fun at both sides.

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What happens

Out of the Way! (Georgian: ხაბარდა!, Russian: Здесь падают камни), also known as Khabarda, is a 1931 silent Georgian Soviet comedy film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.Set in Tbilisi, the film tells a satirical, and at times absurdist, narrative about clashes between the Soviet Komsomol workers and the city's petit bourgeois. The film is extant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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