| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
A fortune-teller declares that a boy must be walled up alive in a fort to keep it from crumbling in medieval Caucasus |
| Notes |
Inspired by and ancient Russian folk tale and based on the novella "Suramis tsikhe" by Daniel Chongadze |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1984 titled: Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa |
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Features: interview with Sergei Paradjanov's wife Svetlana Scherbatyuk, documentary on actress Veriko Andzhaparidze, "The architecture of ancient Georgia," cast and crew filmographies, photo album, trailers |
| Cast |
Veriko Andzhaparidze, Levan Uchaneyshvili, Dodo Abashidze, Sofiko Chiaureli |
| Notes |
DVD. Produced for Region 1 |
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In Georgian or Russian with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles |
| Subject |
Čonkʻaże, Daniel, 1830-1860 -- Film and video adaptations
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Self-sacrifice -- Drama.
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Fortune-tellers -- Drama.
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Folklore -- Georgia (Republic) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy films.
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Motion pictures, Georgian
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Foreign films
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Paradzhanov, Sergeĭ, 1924-1990.
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Andzhaparidze, Veriko.
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Uchaneishvili, Levan
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Abašiże, Dodo, 1924-1990.
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Čonkʻaże, Daniel, 1830-1860.
Suramis tsikhe
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