Mameluke

(1958)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Drama, Action, War, History, Romance

Year: 1958

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Давид Рондели

Cast: Дато Данелия, ვაჟა ჯოჯუა, მანანა ლონდარიძე, Отар Коберидзе, Акакий Хорава, Лия Элиава, Гиорги Шавгулидзе, Дудухана Церодзе, Михаил Вашадзе, Эдишер Магалашвили

Plot

In Arabic, “mameluke” means a white slave, a prisoner. In Egypt, this name was given to prisoners of war who had been sold into slavery from Georgia and other countries of the Caucasus. The action of this drama starts in Georgia in the late 18th century. Two friends are abducted and sold into slavery. One ends up in Egypt, the other - in Venice. Years later, they meet by the ancient pyramids, in the desert where a battle is going on between the armies of Bonaparte and Ali-bey, the ruler of Egypt. In a combat with a French officer, the Mameluke injures him. Falling from his horse onto the sand, the officer exclaims in Georgian: “Vai, nana!” (“Oh, mother!”). And the Mameluke recognizes in him a mate of his childhood games.