Drama / Poetic
Soviet Union,
1984, 88 min
Screenplay:
Vaja GigashviliCinematography:
Yuriy KlimenkoPlots(1)
As the story opens, repeated efforts by the Georgian people to construct a defensive stronghold continually fail. The building they are laboring to complete collapses, but then a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy: In order for the fortress to stand, the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up inside the structure - alive. The young man is faced with the prospect of sacrificing himself to save his homeland. (official distributor synopsis)
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