A king so devoted he'd rather die than watch his country become history homework.
13th century Georgia. Georgia, destroyed by numerous invaders, is on the verge of physical destruction. King Dimitri II, known as Dimitri the Devoted, is ready to sacrifice his life to save his nation.
Production
Massive battle sequences on clearly limited 1982 Soviet budget.
Acting
Tutberidze's physical decline as performance art.
Director
Ramaz Khotivari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during late Soviet period when Georgian cinema was one of few allowed national expressions; Dimitri's resistance reads as coded autonomy plea.
Khotivari spent years securing funding for authentic armor—most props later appeared in three other Georgian historical films due to extreme scarcity.
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