It happened at the dawn of the last century, when people in provincial Georgia knew nothing about soccer. One day Khvicha was very much surprised to see adults chasing a ball over a field, yet he guessed what the game was about and decided to form his own team at any cost. Soon his “First Swallow” team became the winner of all competitions. But soon a British ship had docked at the city’s port and the “Swallow” suffered its first serious defeat from the Englishmen…
Awards:
• International Film Festival in Tehran (Iran) - Special Jury Prize, "Gold Award" for best male role to the actor D. Abashidze, 1975
• All-Union Film Festival in Frunze - Award for best comedy film, First Prize "for the best male role" to the actor D. Abashidze, 1976
• International Film Festival in Barcelona (Spain) - Honorary Diploma, 1976
• International Film Festival, sports films in Oberhausen (Germany) - Grand Prize of the City Oberhausen; Diploma jury FIPRESCI, 1977
• All-Union Film Festival of Sport Films in Minsk - Gold Medal, 1977
DVD Features:
• Photo Gallery: "Georgia: Pictures Niko Pirosmani"
• Filmography
The disc is packed in DigiPack.
V nachale dvadtsatogo veka malo kto esche slyshal o futbole. Poetomu yunyj Hvicha byl silno porazhen, uvidev, kak solidnye muzhchiny nosyatsya za myachom po zelenoj luzhajke. Zainteresovavshis igroj, Hvicha stal trenirovatsya vmeste s druzyami-futbolistami. Tak v gorode poyavilas nastoyaschaya futbolnaya komanda «Pervaya lastochka». Dolgoe vremya ona vyhodila pobeditelnitsej vo vseh matchah, no odnazhdy v gorod pribylo anglijskoe sudno «Gloriya», i anglichane nanesli «Lastochke» pervoe zhestokoe porazhenie…
Nagrady:
• MKF v Tegerane (Iran) – Spetsialnyj priz zhyuri, «Zolotoj priz» za luchshee ispolnenie muzhskoj roli – akteru D. Abashidze, 1975
• VKF vo Frunze – Premiya za luchshuyu kinokomediyu; Pervaya premiya «Za luchshee ispolnenie muzhskoj roli» akteru D. Abashidze, 1976
• MKF tsvetnogo kino v Barselone (Ispaniya) – Pochetnyj diplom, 1976
• MKF sportivnyh filmov v Oberhauzene (FRG) – Bolshaya premiya goroda Oberhauzena; Diplom zhyuri FIPRESSI, 1977
• VKF sportivnyh filmov v Minske - Zolotaya medal, 1977
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