film "The Legend of Suram Fortress" by Sergei Parajanov

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"The Legend of Suram Fortress" is a 1984 Georgian art film by Sergei Parajanov, renowned for its visually poetic, folkloric retelling of a Georgian legend about sacrifice and destiny.

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instanceOf Georgian film
film
basedOn The Legend of the Suram Fortress
novel by Daniel Chonkadze
cinematographyBy Merab Kokochashvili
countryOfOrigin Georgia
Soviet Union
director Dodo Abashidze
Sergei Parajanov
editedBy Janina Jankowska
era late Soviet cinema
filmFormat color
follows The Color of Pomegranates
genre art film
drama
historical film
hasCastMember Dodo Abashidze
Levan Uchaneishvili
Sofiko Chiaureli
Veriko Andjaparidze
language Georgian
musicBy Jansug Kakhidze
narrativeTheme destiny
folklore
sacrifice
notableFor folkloric retelling of a Georgian legend
non-linear narrative structure
use of ritualistic imagery
visually poetic style
originalTitle Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa
partOf Sergei Parajanov filmography
producer Gruzia-Film studio
productionCompany Gruzia-Film
releaseYear 1984
runtimeMinutes 88
screenwriter Dodo Abashidze
Sergei Parajanov
setIn Georgia
Surami Fortress
style poetic cinema
tableau-like compositions
title The Legend of Suram Fortress
visualStyle highly stylized imagery
symbolic imagery

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Surami hasCulturalReference film "The Legend of Suram Fortress" by Sergei Parajanov