Directing
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 Widow · 1957Otar'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 Jug · 1972Oil 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 Surgeon · 1970The 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 Stepmother · 1926Samanishvili'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 Hare · 1973The Resourceful Hare
1973
MovieAnimation
The story of how a cunning rabbit tricked a formidable lion.
How Mice Buried a Cat · 1969How 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.
Saba · 1929Saba
★ 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 Saakadze · 1942George 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.















