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In the middle of the coldest part of the cold war, 1965, USSR's, "Father of the Son,"

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harkens back to a "good war," World War II. This film shamelessly plows over the war fields of melodrama but good writing and a truly larger-than-life and Oscar-worthty performance by Georgian actor Sergo Zaqariadze (the memorable character of Georgian farmer Giorgi Makharashvil overwhelms the screen much as Renoir's Boudu did or George C. Scott's Patton) elevates this to a must-see for war genre aficionadi.

Follow Ups:

That will rather be "Father of a Soldier", for precision's sake - Victor Khomenko 12:59:06 02/08/10 (3)
I haven't seen that one in decades, but my memory of it is warm.

The film should also be considered in yet another historic context. Throughout most of the Soviet time, the people of Georgia were used as artificial sweeteners in many a movie.

A charismatic Georgian guy, with his lovely thick accent and expressive way of speaking can be found in many, many soviet movies - with the idea of promoting the internationalism and multi-culturalism, the Soviet style.

The Georgians also fought bravely in WWII.

Today the situation is totally reversed. If there was an outside enemy even more hated than the Americans in today's hysterical Russia, that would be the Georgians. The reasons are easily understood when looking at history of the region.

Be it as it may, you will not see another Georgian in a modern Russian movie... unless there is the role of a rotten scoundrel frying his mother over a bonfire.
- We use our Georgians, see "Deliverance," in much the same way. nt - tinear 13:02:32 02/08/10 (2)
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  - "We use our Georgians" I thought it was the other way around... no? :) nt - Victor Khomenko 13:20:57 02/08/10 (1)
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    - LOL! nt - tinear 18:56:41 02/08/10 (0)
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