Don't Grieve

Don't Grieve (Не горюй!; არ იდარდო!) is a 1969 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Film is loosely based on the novel "My uncle Benjamen" by French writer Claude Tillier.

Plot
In the end of the 19th century, a young doctor, Benjamen Glonti, returns to a small village in his native Georgia after finishing his medical studies in St. Petersburg. A series of comic events unfold around him.

Cast

 * Sergo Zakariadze as Doctor Levan Tsintsadze
 * Vakhtang Kikabidze as Doctor Benjamen Glonti
 * Sofiko Chiaureli as Sofico, Benjamen's sister
 * Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Mery Tsintsadze, Levan's daughter
 * Lia Gudadze as Margo, Vano's wife
 * Veriko Anjaparidze as Kalandadze's mother
 * Sesilia Takaishvili as Aunt Domna
 * Ariadna Shengelaia as Princess Vahvari
 * Gogi Kavtaradze as Luka, Sofico's husband
 * Ipolite Khvichia as Sandro, organ-grinder
 * Karlo Sakandelidze as Dodo, lawyer
 * Dodo Abashidze as Prince Vahvari
 * Zurab Kapianidze as His servant

Music
In the film, Kikabidze performs Shen Khar Venakhi, a medieval Georgian hymn.