Spartak Bagashvili
1914 - 1977Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larisa Kadochnikova
In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life around him, marrying Palagna. She wants children but his mind stays on his lost love. To recapture his attention, Palagna tries sorcery, and in the process comes under the spell of the sorcerer, publicly humiliating Ivan, who then fights the sorcerer. The lively rhythms of village life, the work and the holidays, the pageant and revelry of weddings and funerals, the change of seasons, and nature's beauty give proportion to Ivan's tragedy.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
The Plea
Tengiz Abuladze
Spartak Bagashvili, Rusudan Kiknadze
Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.
The Plea
Pirosmani
Giorgi Shengelaia
Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze
This Soviet film is a biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paintings to bars and restaurants for food and drink. The film experiments with color control techniques based on the painter’s style.
Pirosmani
The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov
Spartak Bagashvili, Sofiko Chiaureli
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
The Color of Pomegranates
ცისკრის ზარები
Guguli Mgeladze
Grigol Tsitaishvili, Manana Dashniani
Учитель Ладо, присланный работать в школу маленькой сванетской деревушки, старается стать уважаемым человеком у местных жителей. Он влюбляется в библиотекаршу Кето, не зная, что девушка уже просватана за другого, шофёра Чопе. Кето тоже полюбила Ладо, но законы гор суровы. Однако учитель надеется, что люди его поймут. Он звонит в вечевой колокол, собирая всю деревню...
ცისკრის ზარები
თეთრი ქარავანი
Tamaz Meliava, Eldar Shengelaya
Spartak Bagashvili, Ariadna Shengelaia
Martia, an experienced shepherd together with others is moving his herd to the winter pastures. The life of the shepherds is mundane and complex to the extent that even a minor mistake is fraught with serious consequences. Martia’s older son forsakes the herd for good and moves to the city in quest of easy money. In his attempt to save the herd scattered by the storm, Martia dies. Martia’s son, who returns home from the city blames himself for the accident and is profoundly repentant.
The White Caravan
დიადი განთიადი
Mikheil Chiaureli
Spartak Bagashvili, Tamara Makarova
In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
The Great Dawn
ქაჯანა
Konstantine Pipinashvili
Tengiz Amiranashvili, Leila Abashidze
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.
Qadjana
