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Kukaracha (film)

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| name = Kukaracha
კუკარაჩა

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| director = Siko Dolidze
Keti Dolidze

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| writer = Nodar Dumbadze

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| based_on = On story of Nodar Dumbadze ,,Kukaracha"

| starring = *Levan Uchaneishvili (Kukaracha)

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| studio = Georgian film

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| released = {{Film date|1982}}

| runtime = 89 minute

| country = Soviet Union
Georgian SSR

| language = Georgian

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Kukaracha (or Cucaracha; {{lang-ka|კუკარაჩა}}) is a 1982 Georgian film directed by Siko Dolidze and Keti Dolidze.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pCXvAAAAMAAJ&q=kukaracha+geirgian+film |title=The Current Digest of the Soviet Press |date=1983 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies |language=en}} It is based on a story by Nodar Dumbadze{{Cite web |title=«Cucaracha» by Keti Dolidze & Siko Dolidze {{!}} Literary portal |url=https://adebiportal.kz/en/news/view/cucaracha-by-keti-dolidze-siko-dolidze__8993 |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=adebiportal.kz |language=en}}

Plot

Kukaracha was a trustee of the police in one of the districts of Tbilisi. He was loved by the people because he was not just a policeman to them, but also a defender of kindness and morals. One day, Kukaracha receives a threat from a local gang.

Starring

Production

The film is also Siko Dolidze’s last film.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgkwAQAAIAAJ&q=georgian+film+1983:+cucaracha |title=Soviet Film |date=1983 |publisher=Sovexportfilm |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Rollberg |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM6QDAAAQBAJ&dq=kukaracha+dolidze&pg=PA189 |title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema |date=2016-07-20 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-6842-5 |language=en}}

Awards

it received the Award for the best adaptation at the 1983 All-Union Film Festival. {{Cite web |title=ВСЕСОЮЗНЫЙ КИНОФЕСТИВАЛЬ |url=http://istoriya-kino.ru/kinematograf/item/f00/s00/e0000579/index.shtml |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=istoriya-kino.ru}}

Legacy

File:Levani Kukaracha.jpg

Levan Uchaneishvili’s role in the film was highly praised and considered his most iconic performance.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |date=1993-08-30 |title=Foreign Actor Answers the Siren Call of Hollywood |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29466-story.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}. After this, he moved to the United States during the 90s where he portrayed portraying Russian or Eastern European characters, often in action or thriller genres, most notably in the 1997 movie Air Force One where he played one of the terrorists working for Egor Korshunov (Gary Oldman). Other notable roles in American movies are Independence Day, Blade, Virus, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (Andrew Divoff and Ilia Volok worked with Levan Uchaneishvili before on Air Force One) and 25th Hour.

The film is considered a good example of the production during the Golden Age of Georgian cinema.{{Cite book |last=Mikaberidze |first=Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNNQCgAAQBAJ&dq=kukaracha+geirgian+film&pg=PA230 |title=Historical Dictionary of Georgia |date=2015-02-06 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4146-6 |language=en}}

References

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  • [http://www.geocinema.ge/ge/index.php?filmi=377 Film on web-page of National Filmography of Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502195638/http://geocinema.ge/ge/index.php?filmi=377 |date=2016-05-02 }}

Category:Comedy-drama films from Georgia (country)

Category:1982 films

Category:1980s biographical films

Category:1980s historical films

Category:Films set in Georgia (country)

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