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Screenplay by Carlo Gogodze Music by Archil Kereselidze Edited by Vasil Dolenko Music director Archil Kereselidze | 7.8/10 IMDb Starring Dudukhana Tserodze Cinematography Alexander Digmelov Screenplay Carlo Gogodze Story by Ekaterine Gabashvili | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Rezo Chkheidze, Tengiz Abuladze Initial release 25 March 1956 (Soviet Union) Directors Tengiz Abuladze, Rezo Chkheidze, Z. Harshiladze Cast Dodo Abashidze, Dudukhana Tserodze, Karlo Sakandelidze, Akaki Vasadze, Aleqsandre Takaishvili Similar The Plea, The Wishing Tree, Repentance, The Saplings, Father of a Soldier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magdana's Donkey (Georgian: მაგდანას ლურჯა, Russian: Лурджа Магданы, Lurja magdani) is a 1956 Georgian black-and-white Social-themed drama film co-directed by Revaz Chkheidze and Tengiz Abuladze based on a short story of the same name by Ekaterine Gabashvili.
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Plot
In a small Georgian village at the beginning of the 20th century, a widow and her three children live in poverty, making ends meet by selling yoghurt. The children find a sick donkey and bring it back to health and then the family's luck begins to change for the better.
Production
This film was the debut feature of Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkeidze. Magdana's Donkey was acclaimed as the start of a “new wave” in Soviet cinema.
The leading role (Magdana) was played by Georgian actress Dudukhana Tserodze. The film won the Best Fiction Short award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.