Queen of Soviet theater. Although Veriko (she was always called by
first name) acted in dozens of films, she did not achieve the level of success of
Nato Vachnadze, but she was first on the stage, from her 20s until her death. Her in from
Repentance (1984) by
Tengiz Abuladze became a cult favorite. "Is this way to the temple?" her character asks a victim of
the Soviet regime. These words were later taken as a motto of "perestroika".