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Magdana's Donkey (1955)

Overview

This chamber drama is set in Georgia on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A simple peasant family makes its living by selling yogurt which the Magdany widow takes every morning to the town market. Once, in their mother’s absence, the children – six-year-old Mikho and three-year-old Kato – found an abandoned donkey on a road leading to their village. The foundling was fed, tended, and the moment the donkey opened its big, tender eyes, it was named “Lurdja”, which means “blue-eyed”. Surrounded by love and care, the donkey became a big help in the poor household. But this idyll was not to last long…
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Tengiz Abuladze profile
Tengiz Abuladze

Director

Rezo Chkheidze profile
Rezo Chkheidze

Director

Cast

Dudukhana Tserodze profile
Dudukhana Tserodze

Magdana

Liana Moistsrapishvili profile
Liana Moistsrapishvili

Sopo

Mikho Borashvili profile
Mikho Borashvili

Mikho

Nani Chikvinidze profile
Nani Chikvinidze

Kato

Akaki Kvantaliani profile
Akaki Kvantaliani

Mitua

Karlo Sakandelidze profile
Karlo Sakandelidze

Vano

Akaki Vasadze profile
Akaki Vasadze

Villige Foreman

Aleqsandre Omiadze profile
Aleqsandre Omiadze

Gigo

Aleksandre Takaishvili profile
Aleksandre Takaishvili

Judge

Tsatsa Amirejibi profile
Tsatsa Amirejibi

Keke

Mariya Figner profile
Mariya Figner

Dodo Abashidze profile
Dodo Abashidze

Gabo

Dudukhana Tserodze profile
Dudukhana Tserodze

Magdana

Liana Moistsrapishvili profile
Liana Moistsrapishvili

Sopo

Mikho Borashvili profile
Mikho Borashvili

Mikho

Nani Chikvinidze profile
Nani Chikvinidze

Kato

Akaki Kvantaliani profile
Akaki Kvantaliani

Mitua

Karlo Sakandelidze profile
Karlo Sakandelidze

Vano

Akaki Vasadze profile
Akaki Vasadze

Villige Foreman

Aleqsandre Omiadze profile
Aleqsandre Omiadze

Gigo

Aleksandre Takaishvili profile
Aleksandre Takaishvili

Judge

Tsatsa Amirejibi profile
Tsatsa Amirejibi

Keke

Mariya Figner profile
Mariya Figner

Dodo Abashidze profile
Dodo Abashidze

Gabo

Extra

Release Date

April 1, 1955

Original Language

Georgian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Georgia-Film logo

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