The Legend Of The Surami Fortress
1984
A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces. Read more
| Starring | Veriko Andjaparidze, Tamari Tsitsishvili, Dudukhana Tserodze, Dodo Abashidze |
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| Director | Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Legend Of The Surami Fortress
A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.
| Starring | Veriko Andjaparidze, Tamari Tsitsishvili, Dudukhana Tserodze, Dodo Abashidze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Zura Kipshidze, Levan Uchaneishvili |
|---|---|
| Director | Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | Georgian |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Dec 2008 Production year: 1984 |
| Format | DVD |
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A visually striking but rather inscrutable depiction of a Georgian myth, Paradjanov's film concerns a young boy who... read more on Time Out
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Brick it up
This is an old Georgian folk tale about a crumbling fortress that is magically preserved when a young man is bricked up within its walls, an event that is only dealt with in the last 10 minutes. Before that, you have to endure a lot of formalised tableaux set against either the aforementioned fortress or the Georgian steppes. Whatever momentary interest you might have in seeing the landscape and culture of an unfamiliar part of the world is soon lost when tedium sets in with a vengeance.
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The Legend Of The Surami Fortress
A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces....
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