Music ·Drama ·Romance · Soviet Union · 1966 · 1h 29m

Abesalom and Eteri

აბესალომ და ეთერი

Director

Cast

Archil Metonidze as Abesalomi Lali Khabazashvili as Eteri Nugzar Sharia as Murman Aleqsandre Omiadze as Abio Megi Tsulukidze as Natela Nana Kipiani as Marekhi

Crew

Lev Sukhov — Director of Photography Vasili Dolenko — Editor Zacharia Paliashvili — Original Music Composer Leo Esakia — Writer Revaz Mirzashvili — Production Design Konstantine (Kote) Kvaliashvili — Costume Design

Synopsis

Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his palace as his fiancé. The Prince’s aid Murman loses his self-control at Eteri’s beauty and gives her a spelled necklace as a wedding gift. Eteri contracts a mysterious disease that only Murman is capable to heal.

Mood & Themes

opera orphan

Key Collaborators

Leo Esakia Director Lev Sukhov Director of Photography Vasili Dolenko Editor Zacharia Paliashvili Original Music Composer Leo Esakia Writer Revaz Mirzashvili Production Design Konstantine (Kote) Kvaliashvili Costume Design I. Askurava Costume Design

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