Mameluke
1958 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 240 VOTES · DIR. Davit Rondeli
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 834 lines
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00:00:00 MAMLUK
00:01:59 Every year thousands of young men and women
00:06:10 - My darling sonny! - Mama!
00:11:00 Who can that be?
00:13:44 Khvicha, don't go far away, sonny.
00:19:00 All right.
00:21:40 Oh, father!
00:24:04 You told me that the Czar had stopped this monstrous slave trade.
00:28:34 Cut the root under another
00:32:07 See that wide strip across the plain? That's the river Rioni.
00:35:06 He's the best of the lot and I would risk him in a game of backgammon?
00:38:03 This scoundrel insulted a woman.
00:42:29 - A Georgian? - No, a Circassian.
00:44:49 cost me 50 medjidies.
00:46:54 and headed with them for Egypt.
00:50:11 Your name is Mahmud now.
00:53:15 - How do you know? - I know, I heard it many times.
01:02:07 Mahmud?
01:06:01 Behind those mountains lies the sea. And beyond the sea
01:11:21 Enough.
01:16:42 Who was the first to bravely and adroitly leap onto the enemy's wall
01:19:50 and are hurrying to start a war against us.
01:28:28 Who are you? You look familiar.
01:31:33 Murad-Bey sent me for you. He's calling us immediately.