Shalva Gitsba

This beautiful and at the same time comical story could have happened only in Abkhazia, in a country where ancient customs are still preserved, in which guests are always received with a wide table and a full glass.

In the seventeenth century, Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a desert island and is the only survivor. He takes steps to get food and shelter, hoping one day to be rescued. One day a band of black men arrive by boat and are about to execute one of their number; Crusoe saves him and drives them off, and names the man Friday, and teaches him Crusoe's on language. They survive together, but will they ever be rescued?

Abkhazia, 1921. Alkhas, a Bolshevik underground worker, returns to his native village to strengthen Soviet power in his homeland. Aditsa, the prince's daughter, falls in love with Alkhas, but her father would like to marry her to Prince Safarbey. The prince did not accept the new power and took up arms. Safarbey's gang kills Red Army liaison Korablev...