SYNOPSIS
This is the story about an old man, who takes a long journey through the war seeking his injured son. He becomes a real father of soldiers with whom he fights shoulder by shoulder. He reaches Berlin to finally find his son dead in his arms.
Awards
Best Actor Prize | Moscow IFF, Russia, 1964
CAST & CREW
Rezo Chkheidze
Director
Producer(s)
Shota Laferadze
Script
Suliko Zhgenti
Director of Photography
Lev Sukhov, Archil Pilipashvili
Production designer
Ilamaz (Zurab) Medzmariashvili, Nikoloz Kazbegi
Music by
Sulkhan Tsintsadze
Sound
Davit Lomidze
Edit
Vasili Dolenko
Cast
Sergo Zaqariadze, Vladimir Privaltsev, Aleksandr Nazarov
Production company(ies)
Qartuli Pilmi
Rezo Chkheidze
Born. 1926, Kutaisi, Georgia. In 1943 – 46, Chkheidze studied at Tbilisi Theatre Institute Named after Shota Rustaveli. In 1953, he graduated from the Directing Department of All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow. Since 1953, he was a film director of Georgia Film Studio, and since 1973, already the CEO of the Film Studio and head of the Film Department at Tbilisi Theatre Institute Named after Shota Rustaveli. In 1953, Chkheidze directed Boris Paichadze, a documentary by his script. In 1954, two other documentaries were filmed with Tengiz Abduladze. In 1955, his Magdana’s Donkey was released, which was an award-winner at Cannes IFF in 1956. Chzkheidze was also a deputy member of Supreme Soviet of USSR.
Filmography
Boris Paichadze (1953, doc.), Our Palace (1954, co-dir.: Tengiz Abuladze), The State Natioanl Dance Ensemble of Georgia (1954, co-dir.: Tengiz Abuladze ), Magdana’s Donkey (1955), Our Courtyard (1956), Maya from Tskhneti (1959), Treasure (1961), Sea Trail (1962), Soldier’s Father (1964), What a Youth! (1969), The Saplings (1975), Your Son, Earth (1985), The Candle Alight on the Grave of the Lord (2008).
