DramaWar
Father of a Soldier
“A soldier by duty, a father by love.”
When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospital, he sets out to visit him. However, unknown to him, his son has been sent back to the front. Reluctant to return home and in a vain attempt to locate his boy, Georgy joins the Red Army in it's unrelenting push to the west.
Directed by Rezo Chkheidze
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User score
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Status
Released
Released
May 11, 1965
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
Georgian, Russian
Top cast
Sergo Zakariadze
Giorgiy Makharashvili
Vladimir Privaltsev
Senior sergeant Nikiforov
Aleksandr Nazarov
Arkadiy Ershov, soldier
Aleksandr Lebedev
Nikolay Nazarov, soldier
Vladimir Kolokoltsev
Grisha, soldier
Yuri Drozdov
Vova, soldier
Ivan Kosykh
Accordionist
Viktor Kosykh
Vasiliy Dmitrievich, boy on the cart
Viktor Uralsky
Sailor without legs
Ketevan Bochorishvili
Mariya, Georgiy's wife
Vladimir Pitsek
Hospital registrar
Pyotr Lyubeshkin
General
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Devushka-boets
Nikolai Barmin
Colonel
Inna Vykhodtseva
Woman with children, Vasiliy's mama
Roman Vildan
Musician
Bondo Goginava
Georgiy's fellow villager
Vyacheslav Zharikov
Foreman, tankman
Valentin Kulik
Oboist
Gia Kobakhidze
Goderdzi Makharashvili, Georgy's son
