One of Sergei Tretyakov’s most famous works is the film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930), for which he wrote the screenplay together with director Mikhail Kalatozov. Today, ‚Salt for Svanetia‘ is viewed by most people, if one reads the internet commentaries, to be a documentary film, a realistic depiction of the living conditions in Svaneti as … The Svans as members of the ‚Oriental Other‘ in the Soviet film „Salt for Svanetia“ (1930) by Mikhail Kalatozov | A visual commentary (Part I) weiterlesen