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Don't Grieve
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Wikipedia article
'Don't Grieve' (; ) is a 1969 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgiy Daneliya.[http://cinema.mosfilm.ru/films/film/1960-1969/ne-goryuy/?show !] Film is loosely based on the novel "My uncle Benjamen" by French writer Claude Tillier.
Plot
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.
Cast
* Sergo Zakariadze as Doctor Levan Tsintsadze
* Vakhtang Kikabidze as Doctor Benjamen Glonti
* Sofiko Chiaureli as Sofico, Benjamen's sister
* Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Mery Tsintsadze, Levan's daughter
* Lia Gudadze as Margo, Vano's wife
* Veriko Anjaparidze as Kalandadze's mother
* Sesilia Takaishvili as Aunt Domna
* Ariadna Shengelaia as Princess Vahvari
* Gogi Kavtaradze as Luka, Sofico's husband
*Ipolite Khvichia as Sandro, organ-grinder
* Karlo Sakandelidze as Dodo, lawyer
* Dodo Abashidze as Prince Vahvari
* Zurab Kapianidze as His servant
Music
In the film, Kikabidze performs Shen Khar Venakhi, a medieval Georgian hymn.
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