The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)

Original title

ამბავი სურამის ციხისა

Directed by

Dodo Abashidze, Sergei Parajanov

Genre

drama film, art film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man is told a prophecy that he must be walled into a fortress to save it from collapse. He struggles with this fate over many years in a series of vivid, symbolic scenes.

dreamlikesurrealminimaliststylizedpoeticetherealmeditativevisually lush

What happens

The Legend of the Suram Fortress (Georgian: ამბავი სურამის ციხისა, romanized: ambavi suramis tsikhisa) is a 1985 Soviet art film directed by Georgian director Sergei Parajanov and Georgian actor Dodo Abashidze. Sergei Parajanov's first film after 15 years of censorship in the Soviet Union, it is a film stylistically linked with his earlier The Color of Pomegranates (1968): The film consists of a series of tableaux; once again minimal dialogue is used; the film abounds in surreal, almost oneiric power. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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