Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather (1987)

5.4/10 76 min Comedy

Overview

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?…”

Cast

Zhanri Lolashvili

Christopher Hughes (English telegraphist)

Nineli Chankvetadze

Anna

Guram Pirtskhalava

Nestor Neoradze (chairman of the village commune)

Elguja Burduli

Lavrenti Mgeladze (rich man)

Rusudan Bolqvadze

Lizi

Tamari Tsitsishvili

Nana Jorjadze

Irakli Kvirikadze

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