Nikoloz Shengelaia

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Nikoloz Shengelaia

Born August 8, 1903 · Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Died January 4, 1943 · aged 39

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.

Known For

The Orange ValleyThe Orange Valley · 1937
The Orange Valley
8.01937
MovieActionComedy
The enemy of the collective farm movement, Kirile, with his advice, confuses the chairman of the collective farm “Orange Valley”, Tedo, who believes in his support. He tries to turn Tedo and Giorgi, who has recently returned from the civil service into enemies.
26 Commissioners26 Commissioners · 1933
26 Commissioners
4.21933
MovieDramaWar
Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
Samanishvili's StepmotherSamanishvili's Stepmother · 1926
Samanishvili's Stepmother
6.01926
MovieComedyDrama
A poor nobleman, Platon Samanishvili, has a big family. One day, his long-time widowed father, Bekina, tells him that he'd like to remarry. Platon has a problem now: if his father gets a child, he has to share his already small land property.
Golden MountainsGolden Mountains · 1931
Golden Mountains
6.31931
MovieDrama
Pyotr, backward lad from poor village, comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). Deceitful industrialist's son involves naive young man in an attempt to murder Bolshevik leader.
ElisoEliso · 1929
Eliso
6.01929
MovieDramaHistory
Georgia, 1864. The Tsarist regime is using Cossacks to forcibly resettle Muslim Georgians to Turkey in order to steal their land. Meanwhile a Muslim girl falls in love with a Christian from the next village.
GiuliGiuli · 1927
Giuli
5.71927
MovieDramaRomance
A pretty young Azeri woman Giuli and Georgian guy Mitro are very in love. But because of traditions she can not marry him. Young people run away to get happy together, but without success.
HomelandHomeland · 1940
Homeland
1940
MovieDrama
Working peasants Sardioni and Yagora are friends. Yagora and fellow villagers do not know that Sardion is a foreign intelligence agent. Yagora's son, Nodar, who fled abroad during the civil war, will perform the task of foreign intelligence and sneak saboteurs into his homeland under the guidance of Sardion. Persecuted by the border guards, Nodar takes refuge in his father's house. Yagora will condemn her son's behavior and support his arrest.
WastingWasting · 1928
Wasting
9.01928
MovieDrama
The novice writer Vasil Safonov and his friend, the cashier Apollon Kazachkov, become regular guests at the local casino. Their gambling habits lead them to unwittingly squander state funds. Initially, Kazachkov manages to return the wasted money, but his passion for gambling consumes him, and he loses every penny. This leads to his arrest, leaving Safonov in a desperate situation. Soviet youth, including Muscovite Reztsov and the Komsomol girl Marusya Kostova, come together to help Safonov find his way back on the right path.

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