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There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1974) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 20, 1974

Original Title:
იყო შაშვი მგალობელი

Alternate Titles:
Iko shashvi mgalobeli
Lived Once a Song-Thrush
Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird
日常生活
曾经活着的画眉鸟

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Music

Production Companies:
Georgia-Film

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 78

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Dimitri Eristavi

Costume Design:
R. Quchuloria

Director:
Otar Iosseliani

Director of Photography:
Abessalom Maisuradze

Editor:
Julietta Bezuashvili

Executive Producer:
G. Gvenetadze
Zurab Chkheidze

Makeup Artist:
Givi Urigashvili

Music:
Temur Bakuradze

Writer:
Otar Iosseliani
Dimitri Eristavi
Ilya Nusinov
Sh. Kakichashvili
Semyon Lungin
Otar Mekhrishvili

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