''Saba'' is a 1929 Soviet silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Mikheil Chiaureli Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, , 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin ...

.Sadoul & Morris p.44 It was made in the

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

Plot

Saba, a tram driver, begins drinking under the influence of his friends, leading to his dismissal from work. Under public pressure, his wife Maro leaves him and takes their son, Vakhtang, with her. In a severe hangover, Saba steals a tram from the depot and nearly becomes an unwitting murderer of his own son. The tram depot workers hold a mock trial for Saba, but it is the emotional shock that affects him even more. In the film's finale, Saba quits drinking and returns to his job. As he walks down the street, a procession of young pioneers marches past him, carrying a mock coffin with a large bottle. Vakhtang carries a banner that reads: "Dad, don't drink wine."

Cast

* Aleksandre Jaliashvili as Saba *

Veriko Anjaparidze Veriko Ivlianes asuli Anjaparidze, : , (30 January 1987) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actress. Life and career Andjaparidze was born in Kutaisi and studied at the Aidarov Drama Studio in Moscow in 1916–1917 and at the Aleksand ...

as Maro, wife of Saba *

L. Januashvili Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organism ...

as Vakhtangi, son of Saba and Maro * Eka Chavchavadze as Olga

References

Bibliography

* Georges Sadoul & Peter Morris. ''Dictionary of Film Makers''. University of California Press, 1972.

External links

* 1929 films Soviet silent feature films 1920s Soviet films 1920s Russian-language films Russian-language drama films Georgian-language films Films directed by Mikheil Chiaureli Soviet black-and-white films 1929 drama films Silent Soviet drama films Soviet-era films from Georgia (country) Silent feature films from Georgia (country) {{1920s-USSR-film-stub