Mikheil Chiaureli

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Mikheil Chiaureli

Born January 25, 1894 · Tiflis, Russian Empire

Died October 31, 1974 · aged 80

Soviet, Georgian film actor, theater, film, animation director, animator, screenwriter, sculptor, teacher; People's Artist of the USSR (1948). Winner of five Stalin Prizes (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950). In 1909 he graduated from the Tiflis vocational school. In 1912 he graduated from the Tiflis School of Painting and Sculpture (now the Tbilisi Academy of Arts), a student of Yakov Nikoladze. Since…

Known For

Otar's WidowOtar's Widow · 1957
Otar's Widow
5.41957
MovieDrama
The only son of Otari’s widow decides to serve in the serf owner’s house, and falls in love with the patron’s daughter for whom he can’t reveal his feelings to.
Oil JugOil Jug · 1972
Oil Jug
8.51972
MovieAnimation
The poor man found a jug of butter and began to dream about how he would become rich now.…
The Rooster SurgeonThe Rooster Surgeon · 1970
The Rooster Surgeon
7.01970
MovieAnimation
The story of how a Rooster married a deaf-mute Chicken and, with the help of surgery, restored her speech.
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.
The Resourceful HareThe Resourceful Hare · 1973
The Resourceful Hare
1973
MovieAnimation
The story of how a cunning rabbit tricked a formidable lion.
How Mice Buried a CatHow Mice Buried a Cat · 1969
How Mice Buried a Cat
7.01969
MovieAnimation
The cat sits in the street dreaming. A group of three mice run out of the hole and boldly go to the cat. They tease him and grab his tail, but the cat seems completely absorbed in his dreams and does not notice them at all.
SabaSaba · 1929
Saba
5.31929
MovieDrama
A rework of Boris Sigal's play The Trial of Stepan Korolev. Set in Tbilisi rather than Leningrad is a morality tale about the hazards of alcohol consumption that is nonetheless not without humor.
George SaakadzeGeorge Saakadze · 1942
George Saakadze
5.01942
MovieHistoryWar
The film tells about the struggle of the Georgian people under the leadership of the great commander George Saakadze for a centralized state.

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The Great DawnThe Great Dawn · 1938
The Great Dawn
5.81938
MovieDramaWar
In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.

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General and DaisiesGeneral and Daisies · 1963
General and Daisies
9.01963
MovieDrama
A simple Polish man, Władek Lekowski, a former pilot, finds himself in exile after World War II due to a ridiculous accident. Poor and without a job or shelter, he sleeps on the beach. There, he meets and falls in love with Zosia, another Polish emigrant. Determined to get Zosia out of the bar where she works, performing “a little acrobatics and a little undressing,” Władek embarks on a mysterious mission as part of an airplane crew. During the flight, it becomes clear that he has fallen into the hands of militarists and the plane is supposed to drop a bomb on the Soviet Union. Realising that the fate of World War III now rests in his hands, Władek is forced to confront his own actions and the consequences of his choices.

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