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There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970)
Directed by Otar Iosseliani
Drama, Comedy, Music · 1h 18m
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.
Cast
Jansug Kakhidze
Irakli Kokrashvili
Crew
- Director
- Otar Iosseliani
- Writer
- Otar Iosseliani, Dimitri Eristavi, Ilya Nusinov, Shermazan Kakichashvili, Semyon Lungin, Otar Mekhrishvili
- Director of Photography
- Abessalom Maisuradze, Zurab Chkhaidze
- Editor
- Julietta Bezuashvili
Details
- Original title
- იყო შაშვი მგალობელი
- Release date
- 1970-12-06
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Original language
- KA
- Spoken languages
- Georgian, Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Georgia-Film