

Salt for Svanetia(1930)
An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

Movie: Salt for Svanetia

ჯიმ შვანთე (მარილი სვანეთს)
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An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.
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1930-05-24
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