Qajana (1941)

 

Director: Konstantine Pipinashvili

   

Plot: Local baron decides to take poor Kikola’s land and orders a local witch Babale to persuade Kikola’s wife that non-compliance will bring suffering to their children Kato and Kajana. On the day of the Bonfire, Kato plays a wicked trick on her brother by dressing up as an evil imp. The shock makes Kajana dumb. The parents take him to a distant village where he has to “meet the miraculous icon” in hope of recovery.

Screenplays: Karlo Gogodze, Konstantine Pipinashvili

Director of Photography: Feliqs Visotski

Production Designs: Revaz Mirzashvili, Konstantine (Kote) Kvaliashvili

Music: Aleqsi Machavariani

Sound: Besik Iakobashvili, V. Popov

Cast: Tengiz Amiranashvili (Qadjana), Leila Abashidze (Kato), Nato Vachnadze (Marta), Aleqsandre Alaznispireli (Kikola), Spartak Bagashvili (Vano), Veriko Anjafaridze (Babale), Andro Kavsadze (Ninika), A. Taboridze (Jasauli), Davit Dzigua (Old man), Sandro Kandelaki (Zaqro), Zaal Terishvili (Priest), Vladimer Gvishiani, Chitolia Chkheidze (Sister of Vano), Irakli Nijaradze (Writer), Petre Morskoi, Tamar Datuashvili, Vakhtang Ninua, Aleandra Khoperia

Runtime: 70'

Country: USSR (Republic of Georgia)

Language: Georgian

Color: B/W

Sound:   Mono

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