Directing
Rezo Chkheidze
Born December 8, 1926 · Kutaisi, Georgia
Died March 5, 2015 · aged 88
Rezo Chkheidze was born on December 8, 1926 in Kutaisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR [now Imereti, Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Nergebi (1972), Jariskatsis mama (1964) and Magdanas lurja (1955). He died on May 3, 2015 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Known For
Father of a Soldier · 1965Father of a Soldier
★ 7.11965
MovieDramaWar
When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospital, he sets out to visit him. However, unknown to him, his son has been sent back to the front. Reluctant to return home and in a vain attempt to locate his boy, Georgy joins the Red Army in it's unrelenting push to the west.
Magdana's Donkey · 1955Magdana's Donkey
★ 6.61955
MovieDrama
This chamber drama is set in Georgia on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A simple peasant family makes its living by selling yogurt which the Magdany widow takes every morning to the town market. Once, in their mother’s absence, the children – six-year-old Mikho and three-year-old Kato – found an abandoned donkey on a road leading to their village. The foundling was fed, tended, and the moment the donkey opened its big, tender eyes, it was named “Lurdja”, which means “blue-eyed”. Surrounded by love and care, the donkey became a big help in the poor household. But this idyll was not to last long…
O My Homeland! · 1981O My Homeland!
★ 4.51981
MovieDrama
In the southern region of Georgia, in ancient Meskheti, a young man, Giorgi Toreli, is appointed as the secretary of the Raikom. He aims at the revival of his native region and for this he begins to fight against bureaucracy, autocracy, corruption, prevailing inertia.
Adventures of Lazare · 1973Adventures of Lazare
★ 9.51973
MovieDrama
An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.
Life in Your Hands · 1959Life in Your Hands
★ 8.01959
MovieDrama
The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion...
In Our Courtyard · 1956In Our Courtyard
★ 5.61956
MovieDramaRomance
A lyrical story about the people of neighborhood in Tbilisi.
Here Comes the Dawn · 1998Here Comes the Dawn
★ 9.01998
MovieDrama
The head of the security service is faced with a choice: to continue serving the state or to give up everything in order to save his sick son.
Look at These Young People! · 1969Look at These Young People!
★ 6.71969
MovieComedyDrama
Film school desk akhladaprenil guys from Tbilisi in the early days of World War II soldier's overcoat to put on, temporarily put aside their dreams, loved ones and fire parted ways scattered. Thus began a new phase of their lives, gantsdebita and misery. Yesterday's long-suffering smile in front of the boys grow up into fighters.
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