Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather

1987 5.6 (9 votes) 1h 16m

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Georgia-Film

Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather (რობინზონიადა, ანუ ჩემი ინგლისელი პაპა)

Overview

The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company’s engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hughes and Nestor were shot dead by Lavrenty Mgeladze, who had once had everything, but later was dispossessed and driven out of the village. The old Anna told that story to a young composer who recorded the music: “My dear homeland, why are you weeping?…”