There Once Was a Singing Blackbird

Name: There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: 1970-12-06
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Cast: Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze, Irine Jandieri, Elene Landia

1970, Georgian. Directed by Otar Iosseliani.

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.

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Runtime: 1h 18m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: Georgian
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Released: 6 December 1970
Original title: იყო შაშვი მგალობელი
Country: Soviet Union
Written by: Otar Iosseliani, Dimitri Eristavi, Ilya Nusinov

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There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970) was directed by Otar Iosseliani and stars Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze.