Zhanri Lolashvili

Acting

Zhanri Lolashvili

Born April 22, 1942 · Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR (age 84)

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BagrationiBagrationi · 1985
Bagrationi
8.01985
MovieHistory
About the commander Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Borodino, he slowly dies in the village, at the estate of his aunt. The hero recalls the past, his experiences. Each episode of Bagration's life is a page of Russian history: the military march across the Alps, the capture of the impregnable Devil's Bridge, meetings with Alexander I, the battle of Borodino.
Wisdom of LiesWisdom of Lies · 1992
Wisdom of Lies
10.01992
MovieComedy
The parable tells the story of a prince who embarks on a journey across the land in search of happiness, but is unable to find a caring person anywhere.
The Way HomeThe Way Home · 1981
The Way Home
4.81981
MovieDramaHistory
The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.
Escape to the End of the WorldEscape to the End of the World · 1991
Escape to the End of the World
9.01991
MovieRomance
Robinsonade, or My English GrandfatherRobinsonade, or My English Grandfather · 1987
Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather
5.41987
MovieComedy
The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company’s engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hughes and Nestor were shot dead by Lavrenty Mgeladze, who had once had everything, but later was dispossessed and driven out of the village. The old Anna told that story to a young composer who recorded the music: “My dear homeland, why are you weeping?…”
The StepThe Step · 1987
The Step
6.81987
MovieDrama
Alexi leaves the house of his father and stepmother and rents an apartment. He wants to be independent and find his place in the world. But no basic changes ensue – he has the same friends, with the same trivial conversations and the same inactivity. Only the death of his favorite teacher, to whom the young man felt very close, really changes his habitual way of life. Alexi makes a decision: he refuses a place at a research institute and leaves for a teaching job at a village school, the same school his mentor used to work at.
RatiliRatili · 1984
Ratili
7.01984
MovieDramaHistory
Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on tour to Georgia.
My Dearly Beloved DetectiveMy Dearly Beloved Detective · 1986
My Dearly Beloved Detective
3.81986
MovieComedyRomance
The conceit is that Sherlock Holmes is, as in reality, a fictional creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that the place where his office would be is maintained by the brilliant detective Shirley Holmes, who both solves crimes and maintains a museum for people who think Sherlock Holmes is real -- accompanied by a phonograph playing music from the Livanov series which had not long ended. She is accompanied, as might be expected, by a woman Watson, and must fight off the affections of both a Scotland Yard inspector an a parody Latin lover from Spain.

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Three HousesThree Houses · 2008
Three Houses
7.02008
MovieDrama
hree stories happening in three different centuries, revolve around a mysterious painting entitled "Two Owls". In the 19th century thread, a man living in a big mansion is worried about his brother whose wife died a while ago. The brother however behaves as if she was still alive. A befriended psychiatrist is being called for help in order to examine the phenomenon in long conversations. He has to recognize however that the man's behavior doesn't harm anyone. He actually offers a painting to the doctor which his wife allegedly just finished: it's called "Two Owls". The painting reappears in the midst of World War II. A woman finds it in the apartment of her husband's lover. The general of the Red Army was just found dead there. He died in the arms of his concubine. Torn between ambiguous feelings of grief and anger the widow has to make a decision. She also needs to retain her composure as the military police is already waiting outside. The last story happens in present time.