---
title: 'Salt for Svaneti (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mikhail Kalatozov'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 55
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Georgian SSR'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/salt-for-svaneti-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019403/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Salt for Svaneti (1930)

1930 · 55 min · Documentary · Georgian SSR

Original title: ჯიმ შვანთე

## Synopsis

Salt for Svanetia is a 1930 Soviet silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mikhail Kalatozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kalatozov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikhail Kalatozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kalatozov)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Tretyakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-tretyakov)
- **Editor:** [Viktor Shklovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-shklovsky)

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