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Arsena, the Brigand (1923)

Arsena, the Brigand (1923)

Drama
Release Date: 1923, February 3
Directors: Vladimir Barsky
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"
Cast: Nato Vachnadze, Grigol Chechelashvili, Kote Andronikashvili, Zakaria Berishvili, Pavel Yesikovsky, Vaso Abashidze, A. Barkhudarova

Overview:

Following an order of the landowner, the bride of Arsena’s fellow villager gets kidnapped and the bride’s father is relentlessly flogged. Arsena tries to rescue the woman but fails and goes to the mountains with his newly married wife. Above all, Arsena learns that his wife is impregnated by the landowner and burns down his house. Arsena gets arrested, but manages to escape and joins the rebel peasants. Arsena feels that with the passage of time the rebels turn into criminals and continues to fight with the oppressors alone.

Keywords:

suicide jail based on song, poem or rhyme social conflict