The Great Dawn

The Great Dawn Georgian , trans. Diadi Gantiadi Russian , trans. Velikoe Zarevo. Englishlanguage title They Wanted Peace. is a 1938 Soviet Georgian film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli. It is considered a representation of Joseph Stalins cult of personality.

The Great Dawn was part of a group of films made in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the October Revolution, which also included Lenin in October and The Vyborg Side since Sergei Eisensteins October, it became customary to release pictures about the revolution with each decade anniversary to it. The film was the first in a series of four which director Chiaureli directed with Joseph Stalin as their main theme, and the marked Mikheil Gelovanis first appearance as Stalin on screen a role he since played in thirteen other productions.By April 1939, the picture was already viewed by some 15,000,000 people. In 1941, Chiaureli and Gelovani both won the Stalin Prize, 1st class, for their work on the film. ........

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