the legend of the suram fortress () is a 1985 drama film directed by georgian ssr-born soviet-armenian director sergei parajanov and georgian actor dodo abashidze. sergei parajanov's first film after 15 years of censorship in the soviet union, it is a film stylistically linked with his earlier" the color of pomegranates" (1968): the film consists of a series of tableaux; once again minimal dialogue is used; the film abounds in surreal, almost oneiric power.