The Wishing Tree

Dec 19, 1976

1h 47m

★ 6.9

Overview

Marita arrives at a small village in Georgia to live with her aunt. She meets a poor young lad, Gedia, and falls in love with him. But her relatives are determined to marry the girl off to a local rich man…

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Georgia-Film

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Cast

Marita

Lika Kavzharadze

Gedya

Joseph (Soso) Jachvliani

Shete

Zaza Kolelishvili

Tsitsikore

Kote Daushvili

Pupala

Sofiko Chiaureli

Mumbula

Erosi Mandjgaladze

Ertaozi

Otar Megvinetukhutsesi

svyaschennik Okhrokhine

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Chachika

Gogi Gegechkori

Maradia

Sesilia Takaishvili

Padlaura

Givi Berikashvili

Qoria

Boris Tsipuria

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