Don't Grieve
1969 film
- 22 December 1969 (1969-12-22)
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Russian
Don't Grieve (Russian: Не горюй!; Georgian: არ იდარდო!) is a 1969 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya.[1] Film is loosely based on the novel "My uncle Benjamen" by French writer Claude Tillier.
Plot
In the end of the 19th century, a young doctor, Benjamen Glonti, returns to a small village in his native Georgia after finishing his medical studies in St. Petersburg. A series of comic events unfold around him.
Cast
- Sergo Zakariadze as Doctor Levan Tsintsadze
- Vakhtang Kikabidze as Doctor Benjamen Glonti
- Sofiko Chiaureli as Sofico, Benjamen's sister
- Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Mery Tsintsadze, Levan's daughter
- Lia Gudadze as Margo, Vano's wife
- Veriko Anjaparidze as Kalandadze's mother
- Sesilia Takaishvili as Aunt Domna
- Ariadna Shengelaia as Princess Vahvari
- Gogi Kavtaradze as Luka, Sofico's husband
- Ipolite Khvichia as Sandro, organ-grinder
- Karlo Sakandelidze as Dodo, lawyer
- Dodo Abashidze as Prince Vahvari
- Zurab Kapianidze as His servant
Music
In the film, Kikabidze performs Shen Khar Venakhi, a medieval Georgian hymn.
Awards
Award | Category | Recipient/Nominee | Result |
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1970 Mar del Plata Film Festival | Special Mentioning | Georgiy Daneliya | Won |
Best Film, International Competition | Georgiy Daneliya | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Не горюй!". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
External links
- Don't Grieve at IMDb
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Films directed by Georgiy Daneliya
- The Road to Berth (1962)
- Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
- Thirty Three (1965)
- Don't Grieve (1969)
- Hopelessly Lost (1973)
- Afonya (1975)
- Mimino (1977)
- Autumn Marathon (1979)
- Tears Were Falling (1982)
- Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
- Passport (1990)
- Nastya (1993)
- Heads and Tails (1995)
- Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
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