Direction: Sergei Parajanov

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Ivan Mikolajchuk · Larisa Kadochnikova · Tatyana Bestayeva · Spartak Bagashvili

Plot In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life...

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Sofiko Chiaureli · Melkon Aleksanyan · Vilen Galstyan · Giorgi Gegechkori

Plot Ostensibly a biopic of rebellious 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, The Colour of Pomegranates follows the poet's path from his childhood wool-dying days to his role as a courtier...

Direction Sergei Parajanov · Dodo Abashidze

Cast Veriko Andjaparidze · Tamari Tsitsishvili · Dudukhana Tserodze · Dodo Abashidze

Plot A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Olga Reus-Petrenko · Eduard Koshman · Yuriy Gulyayev · Konstantin Stepankov

Direction Sergei Parajanov · Dodo Abashidze

Cast Yuri Mgoyan · Sofiko Chiaureli · Ramaz Chkhikvadze · Konstantin Stepankov

Plot Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights...

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Tengiz Archvadze · Vladimir Artman · Alexandr Kotchekov

Plot A lyrical portrait of life in a contemporary Armenian village following the devastation of an earthquake and the fall of communism.

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Plot Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.

Direction Sergei Parajanov · Yakov Bazelyan

Cast Giuli Chokhonelidze · Konstantin Russu · Nodar Shashigoglu · Lyudmila Sokolova

Plot The first feature film by Paradjanov, which, presumably, is a relatively mainstream fairy tale about a young shepherd called Andriesh.

Direction Anna Nikolenko · Aleksei Pankratyev · Sergei Parajanov

Plot Documentary about Ukranian art.

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Natalya Uzhviy

Plot A documentary portrait of prominent Ukrainian stage and screen actress Natalya Ushviy that contains numerous excerpts from her feature films.

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Grigori Karpov · Lyudmila Cherepanova · Boris Dmokhovsky · Inna Burduchenko

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Lyudmila Sosyura · Varvara Chayka · Nikolay Shutko · Yelena Kovalenko

Plot A comedy about love and passion in a village.

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Sergei Parajanov

Direction Sergei Parajanov

Cast Konstantin Russu · Lyudmila Sokolova · K. Stirbu

Direction Mikhail Vartanov · Sergei Parajanov

Cast Sergei Parajanov · Mikhail Vartanov · Aleksandr Kaidanovsky · Sofiko Chiaureli

Plot Mikhail Vartanov's influential documentary about the imprisoned genius Sergei Parajanov who was persecuted "during the height of his artistic power," for his unruly life style and non-conformist masterpieces -- "The...