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Release Year1930
Runtime1h 16m
LanguageNo Language
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorZakaria Berishvili
WritersSiko Dolidze, Shalva Alkhazishvili
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCell No. 79
About Cell No. 79
Maro is sentenced to prison for participating in the workers' unrest, his orphaned boy is adopted by a rich manufacturer. Years later, Maro learns that the prosecutor Mamulov, who is trying Maro's fellow revolutionaries, is his lost son. Maro asks him to lighten the sentence, but the prosecutor does not recognize the woman as his mother and throws him out of the house. At the trial, during the announcement of the death sentence, Maro will kill his son with a revolver.
Directed by Zakaria Berishvili, Cell No. 79 leans on a strong ensemble — Nutsa Chkheidze, Nikoloz Mamulashvili, Kohkta Karalashvili — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1930.
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