Film

Magdana's Donkey

1955 · 1h 12m · Drama

IMDb

7.6

This chamber drama is set in Georgia on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A simple peasant family makes its living by selling yogurt which the Magdany widow takes every morning to the town market. Once, in their mother’s absence, the children – six-year-old Mikho and three-year-old Kato – found an abandoned donkey on a road leading to their village. The foundling was fed, tended, and the moment the donkey opened its big, tender eyes, it was named “Lurdja”, which means “blue-eyed”. Surrounded by love and care, the donkey became a big help in the poor household. But this idyll was not to last long…

Dudukhana Tserodze

Magdana

Liana Moistsrapishvili

Sopo

Mikho Borashvili

Mikho

Nani Chikvinidze

Kato

Akaki Kvantaliani

Mitua

Karlo Sakandelidze

Vano

Akaki Vasadze

Villige Foreman

Aleqsandre Omiadze

Gigo

Aleksandre Takaishvili

Judge

Tsatsa Amirejibi

Keke

Mariya Figner

David Abashidze

Gabo

Nunu Machavariani

Tebro

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Vasil Kakhniashvili

Mariam Garikuli

• Rezo ChkheidzeDirector
• Tengiz AbuladzeDirector
• Karlo GogodzeWriter
• Ekaterine GabashviliNovel
• Alexander DighmelashviliDirector of Photography
• Lev SukhovDirector of Photography
• Archil KereselidzeOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 1, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Georgian

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Drama