Rezo Cheishvili

Writing

Rezo Cheishvili

Born 1933-04-24 · Kutaisi, ZSFSR, USSR (now Georgia)

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story poster
7.3

An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.

Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story

1983

Sea Wolf poster
7.0

Arsena got tired of being a farmer, decided to go to Batumi and start working on a ship. Arriving in Batumi, he encounters a film crew that urgently needs a rescuer. But Arsena can't adjust to the restless life of the film crew, he misses the village, and when this "experienced sailor" almost drowns at sea because he doesn't know how to swim, he has no choice but to return home.

Sea Wolf

1974

Before Dawn poster
10.0

A group of rebel peasants rebels against the Menshevik government. They are led by Parnaoz Morchadze. Their uprising fails. The rebels take refuge in the forest. Parnaoz is eventually brutally murdered. Red Army units enter the city. In the street, comrades mourn Parnaoz, who did not live to see the victory.

Before Dawn

1971

Fedya poster
7.0

Russian Fedya and Georgian Shaliko fought side by side in the Patriotic War. Years later, Fedya meets his friend

Fedya

1977

Kvarkvare poster
5.7

Kvarkvare is wrongly accused of activities against the Tsar and is imprisoned, but the Socialist Revolution makes him an imposter "hero". Blinded with the authority, he goes to far in his avenge against the whole village.

Kvarkvare

1979

Turandot poster
8.0

The plot of a modern parable about love, duty and purity of thoughts is based on the creative process of an opera theater troupe working on staging one of the most complex works of musical classics - G. Puccini's opera "Turandot".

Turandot

1989

Self-Portraits poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Self-Portraits

1987

Express Information poster
7.0

Tragicomic understanding of life, global irony about the total falsehood and general degradation of the communist society. The last days of the passing time.

Express Information

1994

What's the Point of Wrestling? poster
7.0

Kalenike, a peasant from Lechkhumi who has come to Kutaisi to sell walnuts, ends up at a wrestling show, where he tries his hand at the arena. He discovers an extraordinary talent for boxing. His coach and patron Baadur Kherkheulidze signs a contract with a foreigner and travels with Kalenike to Paris , where adventures await them.

What's the Point of Wrestling?

1986

I, Godfather of Pele! poster
6.0

A comedy film about the fantastic adventures of Lado, a simple electrician from Tbilisi, who finds himself transported from the real world into the mesmerising world of soccer. The film is filled with vivid moments from the history of world soccer championships.

I, Godfather of Pele!

1991

My Friend Nodar poster
8.0

Nodar, the man with a fickle character, leaves his wife and children in the village and goes to Kutaisi in search of his fortune. His friend Givi advises Nodar to return to his family, but Nodar wants to live in the city and will start working as a manager of a car factory dancer's circle.

My Friend Nodar

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three songs

1962

No artwork available
8.0

Disturbed by his neighbor's pigs, Galaktion appealed to the court, but to no avail

Bakula's Pigs

1976

Open the Windows poster
9.0

The main character is Nodar Geradze, an organizer of song and dance ensembles and a collector of ancient Georgian music.

Open the Windows

1981