Father of a Soldier

The ravages of war go under the microscope in this moving film, directed by Rezo Chkheidze and first released in the 1965, about Giorgi Makharashvili (Sergo Zaqariadze), a peasant who travels to see his injured son at a hospital. When he gets there, he discovers that his son, a soldier, has been treated and sent back to the front. Giorgi decides to follow him there and witnesses the battle against fascism. (Netflix)