Magdana's Donkey (1955)

This chamber drama is set in Georgia on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A simple peasant family makes its living by selling yogurt which the Magdany widow takes every morning to the town market. Once, in their mother’s absence, the children – six-year-old Mikho and three-year-old Kato – found an abandoned donkey on a road leading to their village. The foundling was fed, tended, and the moment the donkey opened its big, tender eyes, it was named “Lurdja”, which means “blue-eyed”. Surrounded by love and care, the donkey became a big help in the poor household. But this idyll was not to last long…

• Release Date: 1955-04-01
• Runtime: 1h 12min
• Production Company: Georgia-Film
• Production Country: Soviet Union
• Directors: Rezo Chkheidze, Tengiz Abuladze.