David ABASHIDZE
Давид АБАШИДЗЕ
David ABACHIDZE
Sergey PARAJANOV
Сергей ПАРАДЖАНОВ
Sergueï PARADJANOV
USSR, 1984, 88mn 
Colour, fiction
Legenda o Suramskoy kreposti
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

Легенда о Сурамской крепости

 

 La Légende de la forteresse de Souram

 Legenda o Suramskoy kreposti

 
Directed by : David ABASHIDZE (Давид АБАШИДЗЕ), Sergey PARAJANOV (Сергей ПАРАДЖАНОВ)
Writing credits : Vazha GIGASHVILI (Важа ГИГАШВИЛИ)
 
Cast
David ABASHIDZE (Давид АБАШИДЗЕ) ...Le marchand géorgien, le montreur de marionnettes
Leila ALIBEGASHVILI (Лейла АЛИБЕГАШВИЛИ) ...Première devineresse
Veriko ANJAPARIDZE (Верико АНДЖАПАРИДЗЕ) ...Premier oracle
Sofiko CHIAURELY (Софико ЧИАУРЕЛИ) ...Varo, deuxième devineresse
Zurab KIPSHIDZE (Зураб КИПШИДЗЕ) ...Dourmichian Kipchidze
Dudukhana TSERODZE (Дудухана ЦЕРОДЗЕ)
Levan UCHANEISHVILI (Леван УЧАНЕЙШВИЛИ) ...Zourab, fils de Dourmichian
 
Cinematography : Yuri KLIMENKO (Юрий КЛИМЕНКО)
Production design : Aleksandr JANSHIYEV (Александр ДЖАНШИЕВ)
Music : Djansug KAKHIDZE (Джансуг КАХИДЗЕ)
Sound : Garri KUNTSEV (Гарри КУНЦЕВ)
Production : Grouzia-Films
 
Sites : Page Allociné, page IMDb
VOD or DVD release in France : 2008-11-26, Site
DVD with subtitles
Editor : Ruscico
Editor : Films sans frontières. 2008. Titre : La Légende de la forteresse de Souram
Editor : Editions Montparnasse. 2013. Titre : Paradjnov. Coffret
Plot synopsis
A fortress is forever under construction, and forever collapsing before the last brick can be laid. A young man is sent to get the advice of a fortuneteller. He happens to be the son of a man who years earlier had forsaked the fortuneteller. She tells him that he must be walled up in the fortress' wall, else the structure will continue to tumble.
 
Commentaries and bibliography
10 great Georgian films, bfi.org.uk, 2022
La Légende de la forteresse de Souram de Sergeï Paradjanov, Olivier BITOUN, dvdclassik.com, 2013
La Légende de la forteresse de Souram de Serguei Paradjanov, Ciné-club de Caen, 2013
Jean RADVANYI: Sergueï Paradjanov à cœur ouvert, Jean RADVANYI, Révolution, kinoglaz.fr, 1984
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Centenary of Sergey Parajanov (1924-1990), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- L'Etrange Festival, Paris (France), 2023
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Odessa International Film Festival, Odessa (Ukraine), 2013
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2011
- Une semaine de cinéma caucasien à l'Action Christine, Paris (France), 2010
- Les rencontres culturelles Russenko, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (France), 2010
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 2010
- VOD or DVD release in France of the film:, Different cities (France), 2008
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2008
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1987
Photos and videos