“ Lurja Magdana ” ( Georgian მაგდანას ლურჯა ) is a feature film based on the story of the same name by Georgian writer Ekaterina Gabashvili .
| Lourja Magdana | |
|---|---|
| მაგდანას ლურჯა | |
| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Tengiz Abuladze Rezo Chkheidze |
| Author script | Carlo Godogze |
| Operator | Alexander Digmelov Lev Sukhov |
| Composer | Archil Kereselidze |
| Film company | Georgia movie |
| Duration | 67 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | and |
| Year | 1955 |
| IMDb | ID 0048324 |
Content
Story
Georgia , end of the 19th century. The rich coal merchant Mitua throws a dying donkey on the road. Six-year-old Miho and three-year-old Kato, children of poor widow Magdana Sesiashvili, find a donkey. They call him Lurgey (Sineglazy) and look after him. Lurja becomes a good helper in the small business of the widow - trade in yogurt. But one day, the merchant Mitua recognizes in him the donkey thrown by him and, bribing the judge, sues him from Magdana.
Cast
- Dudukhan Tserodze - Magdana (duplicated by Marina Figner )
- Liana Moisstrapishvili - Sofo, the eldest daughter of Magdana
- Nani Chikvinidze - Kato, daughter of Magdana
- Miho Borashvili - Miho, son of Magdana
- Akaki Kvantaliani - Mitua, coal miner (duplicated by Stepan Kayukov )
- Karlo Sakandelidze - Vano, coal miner's laborer (duplicated by Nikolai Prokopovich )
- Akaki Vasadze - Tedo Gunashvili, village headman (duplicated by Konstantin Nassonov )
- Alexander Omiadze - grandfather Gigo (duplicated by George Vitsin )
- Alexander Takayshvili - judge (duplicates Cheslav Sushkevich )
- David Abashidze - Gabo
- Shalva Gedevanishvili
Prizes
- 1956 - Special mention in the competition of short films at the IFF in Cannes [1] .
- 1956 - Honorary Diploma of the International Film Festival in Edinburgh .
In 1956, the film was honored with the Special mention at the Cannes Film Festival short films competition as “The Best Film with a Fictional Story”, becoming the first Soviet film to be recognized at a major Western film festival for a long time [2] [3] >.
Notes
- ↑ Festival de Cannes - From 16 to 27 may 2012
- ↑ Kvasnetskaya, 2009 , p. 22.
- ↑ Ismailova, N. Abuladze (Unavailable link) . http://art.1september.ru (2004). Date of treatment January 3, 2011. Archived on February 8, 2012.
Literature
- Kvasnetskaya, M.G. Tengiz Abuladze. The path to "Repentance." - M .: Cultural Revolution, 2009. - 200 p. - ISBN 9785250060516 .
Links
- "Lurja Magdana" on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"