Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather (1987)
The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company’s engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hughes and Nestor were shot dead by Lavrenty Mgeladze, who had once had everything, but later was dispossessed and driven out of the village. The old Anna told that story to a young composer who recorded the music: “My dear homeland, why are you weeping?…”
Director: Nana Jorjadze
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Zhanri Lolashvili as Christopher Hughes (English telegraphist) |
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Nineli Chankvetadze as Anna |
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Guram Pirtskhalava as Nestor Neoradze (chairman of the village commune) |
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Elguja Burduli as Lavrenti Mgeladze (rich man) |
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Rusudan Bolqvadze as Lizi |
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Tiko Eliosidze as |
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Shalva Kherkheulidze as father of Anna and Nestor |
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Giorgi Dadiani as agitator communard |
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Gia Lejava as monk |
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Berdia Intskirveli as communard |
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Tamari Tsitsishvili as |
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Nana Jorjadze as |
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Irakli Kvirikadze as |
| Writing | Irakli Kvirikadze | Writer |
| Directing | Nana Jorjadze | Director |
| Art | Vakhtang Rurua | Production Design |
| Camera | Levan Paatashvili | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Enri Lolashvili | Original Music Composer |