Escape at Dawn (1975)
The trial of political prisoners is taking place in the Kutaisi prison. They face hanging or life imprisonment. In order to release them from prison, a party figure, nicknamed "Chagara" and a revolutionary woman, "Vardo", aka Nato Nakashidze-Volfisa, come to the city. She rents a house near the prison, supposedly to open a knitting workshop. Will they be able to escape?
Director: Siko Dolidze
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Megi Tsulukidze as Nato |
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Tristan Kvelaidze as Giorgi Koridze |
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Imedo Kakhiani as Andro |
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Gogi Gegechkori as Longinoz |
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Jemal Sikharulidze as Verkhovsky |
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Malkhaz Beburishvili as Aroni |
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Amiran Qadeishvili as Deaf Niko |
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Mikhail Zharkovsky as Bergi |
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Otar Koberidze as Kotsia Eristavi |
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Jemal Ghaghanidze as Melkonov |
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Dudukhana Tserodze as Tsatsa |
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Lia Eliava as Wife of Kotsia Eristavi |
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Ramaz Chkhikvadze as Daniel |
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Tatuli Dolidze as Nino |
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Aleqsandre Ioseliani as Korneti |
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Leo Antadze as Zarelua |
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Leri Gaprindashvili as |
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Valodia Tsuladze as |
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Guram Pirtskhalava as |
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Dato Danelia as |
| Directing | Siko Dolidze | Director |
| Writing | Siko Dolidze | Writer |
| Writing | Rezo Ebralidze | Writer |
| Sound | Vladimir Dolidze | Sound |
| Editing | Vasili Dolenko | Editor |
| Art | Qristesia Lebanidze | Production Design |
| Camera | Feliks Vysotsky | Director of Photography |