Khanuma (russian: Ханума
xanuma ) is a shrewd matchmaker in the eponymous 1978 Soviet Russian
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-themed television film directed by
Georgy Tovstonogov
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov (russian: Георгий Александрович Товстоногов, – 23 May 1989) was a Russian- Georgian theatre director.
He was the leader of the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater which was renamed afte ...
. It is a screen version of the same name classic
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vaudeville by
Avksenty Tsagareli.
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The text of Tsagareli's play was updated by Boris Ratser and Vladimir Konstantinov. This work is considered one of the best works of Tovstonogov.[Культура.РФ. Портал культурного наследия](_blank)
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Plot
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century in Tiflis
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...
, Georgia, where two matchmakers; Khanuma and Kabato, compete.
The Old Prince Vano Pantiashvili, a drunk, who misses everything possible, is looking for a rich bride to pay debts and buy back the pledged property. Khanuma found him too old and ugly for a bride with a decent dowry. Guliko, the prince knows the bride only by descriptions of Khanuma (and her age in these descriptions gradually increases), but he is mainly interested in a dowry.
A wealthy Tiflis merchant dreams of giving his daughter, Sona to marry a ruined prince in order to obtain a noble title. Meanwhile, Sona is in despair. She is in love with her music and French teacher and does not want to marry an elderly prince.
Cast
* Lyudmila Makarova
Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova (russian: Людмила Иосифовна Макарова; 20 October 1921 – 30 May 2014) was a Russian stage actress from Saint Petersburg. From 1938 to 1941, she studied at the Greater Drama Theatre, becomi ...
as Khanuma
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* Valentina Kovel as Kabato
* Vladislav Strzhelchik as Prince Vano Pantiashvili
* Gennadi Bogachyov as Kote, Vano's nephew
* Vadim Medvedev
Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vaditi ...
as Kotryants, rich merchant
* Nikolay Trofimov as Akop
* Boris Leskin
Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.
Biography
Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During World War II Leskin was employed as a sappe ...
as prince's friend
* Leonid Nevedomsky
Leonid Vitalievich Nevedomsky (russian: Леони́д Вита́льевич Неведо́мский; 13 October 1939 – 3 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1966 and ...
as Kinto
History
Taking as a basis the classical vaudeville, Tovstonogov reworked it: the text was updated by the popular comediographers Boris Racer and Vladimir Konstantinov. There were no poems by Grigol Orbeliani
Prince Grigol Orbeliani or Jambakur-Orbeliani ( ka, გრიგოლ ორბელიანი; ჯამბაკურ-ორბელიანი) (2 October 1804 – 21 March 1883) was a Georgian Romanticist poet and general in Imper ...
in the original version, which Tovstonogov himself reads in the play. Recreation of the Georgian color was entrusted to the artist Joseph Sumbatashvili, who created an excellent scenery of the old Georgian city, and composer Giya Kancheli.
The play premiered on December 30, 1972. Immediately became one of the most popular stagings of Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater, withstood more than 300 performances.
See also
* Keto and Kote (film)
References
External links
* {{Rating, 8.3, 10
1978 films
Lenfilm films
Soviet television films
1978 television films
Soviet musical comedy films
1970s musical comedy films
Soviet films based on plays
1978 comedy films