The read
It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
Bakhva Pulava, a merchant from Poti fells in love with a poor tailor woman named Esma and marries her. At the same time, enchanted by her beauty, another man named Jeremiah Tsarba decides to kidnap her. When Esma refuses to share bed with him Jeremiah mercilessly kills her and when faced by accusations avoids punishment with the help of Valida, an influential nobleman’s daughter. Bakhva Pulava makes a decision to take justice into to his hands.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Ivane PerestianiDirector
- Ivane PerestianiScreenplay
Cast
- Nato VachnadzeEsma
- Mikheil GelovaniBakhva
- Dimitri KipianiYeremia Tsarba
- Ann LagzdeSalome
- Zakaria BerishviliMeira, a dealer
- Tamara BolqvadzeValida
- Alexander KusikovMikirtumovi
- Vladimir ObolenskiyColonel Lebov
- Tsetsilia TsutsunavaEmployer in Court
- Vanda PolikevichMadame Sally
- Mikhail KalatozovCast
- Kote MikaberidzeBatu
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book