''Krazana'' ( ka, კრაზანა) is a 1928
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
black-and-white
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Media
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silent film
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directed by
Kote Marjanishvili. It is based on the 1897 novel ''
The Gadfly
''The Gadfly'' is a novel by Irish-born British writer Ethel Voynich, published in 1897 (United States, June; Great Britain, September of the same year), set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and upris ...
'' by
Ethel Lilian Voynich.
"Krazana" means
wasp
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in
Georgian language
Georgian (, , ) is the most widely-spoken Kartvelian language, and serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its p ...
.
Cast
*
Nato Vachnadze as ''Jema''
* Iliko Merabishvili as ''Arthur''
*
Aleksandre Imedashvili as ''Cardinal Montanelli''
* Eliazar Imereli as ''Martin''
*
Victor Chankvetadze as ''Revolutionary''
External links
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1928 films
1928 adventure films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet silent feature films
Soviet war films
Soviet-era films from Georgia (country)
Georgian-language films
Georgian words and phrases
Adventure films from Georgia (country)
Black-and-white films from Georgia (country)
Silent adventure films
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