“Do not Cry !” ( Georgian. არ იდარდო! ) Is a comedy - dramatic feature film, shot in 1969 by director Georgy Danelia . The film is a free adaptation of the novel by French writer Claude Tillier, "My Uncle Benjamin", transferred to Georgia in the late XIX - early XX centuries.
| "Do not be sad!" | |
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| არ იდარდო! | |
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| Genre | comedic - dramatic |
| Producer | George Danelia |
| Author script | Rezo Gabriadze |
| In the main cast | Sergo Zakariadze Vakhtang Kikabidze |
| Operator | Vadim Yusov |
| Composer | Gia Kancheli |
| Film company | Mosfilm , Experimental Creative Association Georgia movie |
| Duration | 94 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | and |
| Year | 1969 |
| IMDb | ID 0123186 |
Content
Story
Georgia , end of the 19th century . Benjamin Glonti recently learned to be a doctor and returned home to his hometown. He is not in a hurry to pay off his debts for training and start treating patients, but spends time in revelry with friends. His sister Sofiko has to support him and the rest of the big family. Trying to reason her brother with marriage, she brings him to a girl from a wealthy family of a local doctor. Benjamin's carefree life is suddenly complicated.
Cast
- Sergo Zakariadze - Levan Tsintsadze
- Vakhtang Kikabidze - Benjamin Glonti
- Sofiko Chiaureli - Sofiko
- Anastasia Vertinsky - Mary Tsintsadze
- Leah Gudadze - Margot, wife of Vano
- Veriko Anzhaparidze - mother of Koki Kalandadze
- Cecil Takaishvili - Aunt Domna
- Ariadne Shengelaya - Princess Vakhvari
- Georgy Kavtaradze - Luke
- Hippolytus Hvichia - Sandro, organ grinder
- Karlo Sakandelidze - Dodo, Attorney
- David Abashidze - Prince Vamekh Vakhvari
- Kote Daushvili - father Germogen
- Evgeny Leonov - Egor Zaletaev, soldier
- Sergey Filippov - Eros, the barber
- Abessalom Loria - Saul, pharmacist
- Levan Shamilov - Varlam, son of Sofiko
- Iya Ninidze - Tsitsino, daughter of Sofiko
- Nana Kandelaki - Kato, daughter of a patient with malaria
- Baadur Tsuladze - Vano, a fisherman
- Merab Kokochashvili - Lieutenant Alex Ishkheli (voiced by Felix Yavorsky )
- Gia Badridze - Captain Gabriadze
- David Kobakhidze - Absalom Shalvovich, creditor
- Frunzik Mkrtchyan - Turkish smuggler
- Zurab Kapianidze - a servant of Prince Vakhvari
- Alexandra Kuprashvili - Costa, grandson of patient Benjamin
- Viktor Deysadze - prison guard
- Irakli Nizharadze - Peter, husband of Domna
- Revaz Baramidze - Coca Kalandadze
- Grigol Talakvadze - Vanechka
- Ekaterina Verulashvili - Tamar, wife of Vanechka
- Marika Chichinadze - daughter of Prince Vakhvari
- George Danelia - officer at the station
- Rene Hobua (fictional actor)
Music
At the end of the last meeting of friends with Levan (Sergo Zakariadze), Benjamin sings the Georgian church song " Shen har venahi ... " ("You are the vine") [1] [2] The same song Sergo Zakariadze sings in the film " Father of the Soldier ", in the episode where in Berlin he found a vineyard.
Notes
See also
- My Uncle Benjamin (film) (French adaptation of Claude Tillier 's work)
Links
- Do not Cry on the Mosfilm Website