Out of the Way!
| Out of the Way! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mikheil Chiaureli |
| Written by | Sergei Tretyakov Mikheil Chiaureli |
| Starring | Sergey Zavriev P. Chkoniya Sh. Asatiani Siko Vachnadze Mikheil Gelovani Valerian Gunia |
| Cinematography | Anton Polikevich |
Production company | JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi" |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union Georgian SSR |
| Language | Silent (Georgian intertitles) |
Out of the Way! (Georgian: ხაბარდა!, Russian: Здесь падают камни), also known as Khabarda, is a 1931 silent Georgian Soviet comedy film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.Set in Tbilisi, the film tells a satirical, and at times absurdist, narrative about clashes between the Soviet Komsomol workers and the city's petit bourgeois. The film is extant.
Plot
Local communist organizations in Tblisi decide to renovate the city's crumbling old town to build new houses for workers. When they move to tear down a church on the city's outskirts, religious leaders and defenders of historical monuments attempt to mobilize against them.[1]
Cast
- Sergey Zavriev as Diomede
- P. Chkonia as Luarsabi
- Sh. Asatiani as Worker
- Siko Vachnadze as Technician
- Nikoloz Gotsiridze as Poet
- Mikheil Gelovani (uncredited)
- Valerian Gunia (uncredited)
- Viktor Gamkrelidze (uncredited)
- Zaal Terishvili (uncredited)
- Shalva Khuskivadze (uncredited)
Production
The screenplay for Out of the Way! was written in collaboration with prominent Soviet constructivist writer Sergei Tretyakov, one of the founders of the LEF. Devised as a literary scenario in six parts, it is one of the writer's few screenplays, along with Salt for Svanetia and Eliso.[2]
Reception
The film was criticized on its release for perceived insensitivity to Georgian culture.[3]
Georgian director Georgiy Daneliya stated that he particularly admired the film.[4]
References
- ^ "Georgian Cinema - ხაბარდა (1931)". georgian-cinema.ge. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
- ^ Razor, Sasha (March 2021). "Emotions and the representation of funeral rites in Sergei Tretiakov's Georgian screenplays, 1928–1931" (PDF). Russian Journal of Communication. 13 (4): 79 – via Researchgate.
- ^ "Khabarda Postoronites' aka Zdes' padaiut kamni. 1931. Directed by Mikheil Chiaureli | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
- ^ Michaels, P. A. (2009). "Navigating Treacherous Waters: Soviet Satire, National Identity, and Georgii Daneliia's Films of the 1970s". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 29 (3): 343–364.
External links
- Out of the Way! at IMDb
- Out of the Way! is available for free viewing at the Georgian National Film Center's Vimeo page (Georgian/English intertitles)