The regret

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Movie
German title The regret
Original title Monanieba
Country of production Soviet Union (Georgia)
original language Georgian
Publishing year 1984
length 153 minutes
Rod
Director Tengis Abuladze
script Tengis Abuladze, Nana Janelidze, Reso Kweselawa
music Nana Janelidze
camera Mikhail Agranovich
cut Guliko Omadze
occupation
  • Avtandil Makharadze : Warlam Arawidze / Abel Arawidze
  • Ya Ninidze: Guliko
  • Seinab Bozwadze: Ketewan Barateli
  • Ketewan Abuladze: Nino Barateli
  • Edischer Giorgobiani: Sandro Barateli
  • Merab Ninidze : Tornike

Repentance ( Georgian : მონანიება, Monanieba ) is a feature film by the Georgian director Tengis Abuladze . It was shot in 1984 and premiered in 1987.

content

Monanieba figured allegorically , but uncompromising with Stalinism from. The director called him the "first swallow of perestroika " . It is about the late dictator Warlam who is being dug up by a woman. In the court it appears that Warlam's wife wants to shed light on past crimes. In the flashback, Warlam looks like Stalin's State Security Chief Lavrenti Beria , wearing a Hitler mustache and a fascist black shirt. The film was banned in the Soviet Union until 1986. At the instigation of the Georgian Communist Party leader at the time, Eduard Shevardnadze , it was finally able to be performed and pushed the changes in the Soviet Union forward.

In addition to the music by Nana Dschanelidze, music by Arvo Pärt is used in the film.

background

In many socialist countries the film remained banned. After the German premiere on ZDF in October 1987, the GDR launched a press campaign against the film, which began with a slap by Hans-Dieter Schütt on October 28, 1987.

Awards

In 1987 Monanieba won the most important film award in the Soviet Union, the Nika , the Grand Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Globe for best foreign film . The film received a total of ten prizes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk : Endgame: The 1989 revolution in the GDR. Beck, Munich 2009, pp. 73-74.