A film adaptation of a short story from the novel by Fazil Iskander 'Sandro from Chegem' about one of the night carousals of Stalin and his family, where Sandro from Chegem performed as a soloist of the Abkhazian ensemble. After work (usual for an artist), he returns home, and soon the repression begins - the artists who visited the last feast disappear... The validity period is 1935. According to the chapter 'The Feasts of Belshazzar' from the novel by Fazil Iskander 'Sandro of Chegem'. The film tells how Sandro, the best dancer from the Folk Song and Dance Ensemble of Abkhazia, was invited along with everyone to a feast where Comrade Stalin himself was present. Beria, Voroshilov, and Kalinin were there. Stalin was on vacation in Abkhazia. Sandro flashed with dashing, driving up with a blindfold right at Stalin's feet. The chief recognized him, although he had seen Sandro only once in his life, when he was still a boy. It happened after the robbery of the steamer, when Dzhugashvili was carrying the loot into the mountains past Chegem. However, this is not the essence of the plot. Almost all screen time is devoted to the feast itself, toasts, and the behavior of Stalin's entourage. There was not a single person in the hall who was not afraid for himself. The arguments that Iskander puts into the mouth of the leader are interesting: 'You can't love anyone. If you love, you will trust. And if you trust, you'll get a knife in the back.' There doesn't seem to be anything special in the picture, but it looks with interest - Fazil Iskander is a wonderful storyteller, and the authors managed to transfer his style to the screen.
Actors: Alexey Petrenko, Alexander Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Sergey Nikonenko, Valentin Gaft, Tamara Yandieva, Larisa Belogurova, Anatoly Guzenko, Vakhtang Vozba, Alexey Safonov, Lavrenty Tskolia, Sergey Nikolaev, Mikhail Kononov, Sergey Maksachev, Stanislav Korenev