Mameluke

Mameluke (1958)

DramaRomanceActionWarAdventureHistory

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.

Director: David Rondeli

Casts

	Dato Danelia as Khvicha
	Vaja Djodjua as Gocha
	Manana Londaridze as Tsira
	Otar Koberidze as Mahmudi
	Akaki Khorava as Ali-Bei
	Lia Eliava as Zeinabi
	Edisher Magalashvili as Revia
	Giorgi Shavgulidze as Aslan-Bei
	Dudukhana Tserodze as Mzekha
	Mikheil Vashadze as Taguia
	Bukhuti Zakariadze as Markozi
	Veriko Anjaparidze as Rodami
	Zurab Laperadze as Ali-Huseini
	Shakro Gomelauri as Ali-Jusupi
	Tariel Sakvarelidze as Napoleon Bonaparte
	Guram Sagaradze as
	Irakli Nijaradze as
	Mikhail Chikhladze as Passenger

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