- Melodies of Vera Quarter
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Melodies of Vera Quarter Directed by Giorgi Shengelaya Written by - Giorgi Shengelaya
- Anzor Salukvadze
Starring - Sofiko Chiaureli
- Vakhtang Kikabidze
- Ia Ninidze
- Maia Kankava
- Dodo Abashidze
Music by Giorgi Tsabadze Cinematography Aleksandre Mgebrishvili Studio Kartuli Pilmi Distributed by RUSCICO (2004) Release date(s) 1973 Running time 97 minutes Country - Georgia
- Soviet Union
Language Georgian Melodies of Vera Quarter (Georgian: ვერის უბნის მელოდიები) is Georgian musical film directed by Giorgi Shengelaya.
Plot
Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls. For that purpose she steals a cattle, firewood and a mink coat from a rich merchant's house. She warms up Pavle’s house with the stolen firewood and pays tutorship for the girls' ballet classes. Vardo gets caught for larceny. All the laundresses in the neighborhood go on strike in Vardo’s support. Scared chief of local police sets Vardo free and enlists the girls in the ballet school.
Awards
- 1977 - Special Jury Prize on San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain
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Categories:- 1973 films
- Georgian-language films
- Kartuli Pilmi films
- Soviet-era films from Georgia (country)
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