The Saplings

1972 film

The Saplings

Film poster

Directed by| Rezo Chkheidze
Written by| Suliko Jgenti
Produced by| Shota Laperadze
Starring| Ramaz Chkhikvadze
Kakhi Kavsadze
Mishiko Meskhi
Meri Qoreli
Cinematography| Abessalom Maisuradze

Release date

* 1972 (1972)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| Soviet Union
Languages| Georgian, Russian

The Saplings (Russian: Саженцы, romanized: Sazhentsy, Georgian: ნერგები) is a 1972 Soviet drama directed by Rezo Chkheidze. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Ramaz Chkhikvadze won the award for Best Actor.[1]

## Plot

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A grandfather and his grandson set out to find seedlings of very tasty, high-quality pears. They manage to find the seedlings, but the journey home is difficult. Along the way, the grandfather plants a few trees to protect the seedlings from freezing. While hitching a ride, they see a truck nearly fall off a cliff. To save the truck, the grandfather places the seedlings under its wheels for traction. As they return home, he reassures his grandson, saying, "Next year, spring will come again."

## Cast

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* Ramaz Chkhikvadze as Luka
* Kakhi Kavsadze as Daviti
* Mishiko Meskhi as Kakha
* Meri Qoreli as Elisabed, grandma
* Sesilia Takaishvili as Tsitsino
* Zeinab Botsvadze as Mother
* Zura Qapianidze as Cart driver
* Mikheil Vashadze as Dateshidze
* Serafim Strelkov as Mr. Fletcher

## References

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1. ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

## External links

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* The Saplings at IMDb

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