Melodies of Vera Quarter

Melodies of Vera Quarter
Directed by Giorgi Shengelaya
Written by
  • Giorgi Shengelaya
  • Anzor Salukvadze
Starring
Music by Giorgi Tsabadze
Cinematography Aleksandre Mgebrishvili
Production
company
Distributed by RUSCICO (2004)
Release dates
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
97 minutes
Country
  • Georgia
  • Soviet Union
Language Georgian

Melodies of Vera Quarter (Georgian: ვერის უბნის მელოდიები) is Georgian musical film directed by Giorgi Shengelaya.

Plot

Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls. For that purpose she steals a cattle, firewood and a mink coat from a rich merchant's house. She warms up Pavle’s house with the stolen firewood and pays tutorship for the girls' ballet classes. Vardo gets caught for larceny. All the laundresses in the neighborhood go on strike in Vardo’s support. Scared chief of local police sets Vardo free and enlists the girls in the ballet school.

Awards

Melodies of Vera Quarter at the Internet Movie Database


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