Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Ruler
DirectorShalva Shengeli
52 minHistory,
Documentary
Plot
Stalins statue in the garden of a nunnery provokes discussion plenty of it in a small Georgian village Some of the locals used to know Stalin personally because he visited the village several times when he was young and they continue to see him as a benign ruler from the good old days rather than the brutal dictator he was Whenever an episode of purge shook the Soviet Unions republics they hid the statue in the woods The church also plays an important role in peoples lives All in all the film reveals a fundamental conflict in Georgian society
