Three Lives | |
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Directed by | Ivan Perestiani |
Starring |
Nato Vachnadze Mikheil Gelovani Dimitri Kipiani |
Distributed by | Sakhkinmretsvi |
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Running time
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160 minutes |
Country |
Georgian SSR Soviet Union |
Language | Georgian |
Three Lives (Georgian: სამი სიცოცხლე, Russian: Три жизни, sometimes Who is to Blame?) is a 1924 Georgian silent film directed by Ivan Perestiani.
The film is set in Georgia between 1880 and 1890. Former shepherd Bakhvi Pulawy gradually rises up the social ladder; first he is foreman on the construction of a railway, then a cunning profiteer and finally – a significant capitalist-landowner.
Bakhvi achieves a significant position in society. He falls in love with the city milliner Esma and marries her. But prediction of a fortune teller becomes fulfilled: soon after marriage Esma is stolen by an officer from a noble family – ensign Tsarba ...