Don't Grieve (1968)

Original title

Не горюй!

Directed by

Georgiy Daneliya

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 19th-century Georgia, a young doctor comes back to his hometown after studying medicine in St. Petersburg. A string of amusing situations follow him.

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What happens

Don't Grieve (Russian: Не горюй!; Georgian: არ იდარდო!) is a 1968 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya. The film is loosely based on the novel My Uncle Benjamin by French writer Claude Tillier. In the end of the 19th century, a young doctor, Benjamen Glonti, returns to a small village in his native Georgia after finishing his medical studies in St. Petersburg. A series of comic events unfold around him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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