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The Nail in the Boot
The Nail in the Boot

The Nail in the Boot

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Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film. The film sets out to illustrate the old adage, "For want of a nail, the battle was lost," showing how the inferior quality of something so trivial as a nail in a soldier's boot leads inexorably to the capture of an armored train. Kalatozov had intended to demonstrate the crucial and universal importance of efficiency in Soviet industry, but the government decided that his fable gave a negative impression of the Red Army's capabilities.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Georgian

Runtime

53 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

31 December 1931

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Aleqsandre Jaliashvili

Aleqsandre Jaliashvili

Siko Palavandishvili

Siko Palavandishvili

Akaki Khorava

Akaki Khorava

Arkadi Khintibidze

Arkadi Khintibidze

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