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Don't Grieve (Russian: Не горюй!; Georgian: არ იდარდო!) is a 1969 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgiy Daneliya.[1] Film is loosely based on the novel "My uncle Benjamen" by French writer Claude Tillier.

Don't Grieve
Directed by	Georgiy Daneliya
Written by	Claude Tillier (novel Mon oncle Benjamin [fr])
Starring	Sergo Zakariadze Vakhtang Kikabidze
Music by	Giya Kancheli
Release date	22 December 1969 (1969-12-22)
Running time	90 min
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Georgian Russian

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.

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient/Nominee	Result
1970 Mar del Plata Film Festival	Special Mentioning	Georgiy Daneliya	Won
	Best Film, International Competition	Georgiy Daneliya	Nominated

References

External links

• Don't Grieve at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Don't Grieve

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[ru] Не горюй!

«Не горюй!» (груз. არ იდარდო!) — советский комедийно-драматический художественный фильм, снятый в 1969 году режиссёром Георгием Данелией. Фильм представляет собой вольную экранизацию романа французского писателя Клода Тилье «Мой дядя Бенжамен», перенесённую в Грузию конца XIX — начала XX века.

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