Before the Hurricane

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Qarishkhlis tsin
Directed by Kote Marjanishvili
Written by Shalva Dadiani
Distributed by Sakhkinmretsvi
Release date
  • 3 August 1924 (1924-08-03)(Georgian SSR)
Running time
40 minutes
Country Georgian SSR
Languages Georgian
Russian

Before the Hurricane (translit. Qarishkhlis tsin, Burevestnik in Russian) is a 1924 Georgian black-and-white silent film directed by Kote Marjanishvili based on a script by Shalva Dadiani.

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The film is set in 1905 in a textile factory in Tiflis where two friends are working, Lado and Tade. Lado falls in love with Tade's sister, Tasya. Prince Rostam orders his servants to bring her to him. The friends manage to free the girl and after this they become part of the revolutionary underground ...

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