The Nail in the Boot

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1931

Original language

Georgian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Georgianfilm,JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"

Cast

Aleqsandre Jaliashvili,Siko Palavandishvili,Akaki Khorava,Arkadi Khintibidze,Kirile Macharadze

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Writer

Leonid Perelman

Cinematography

Shalva Apaqidze

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0022970