Kote Mardjanishvili

Directing

Kote Mardjanishvili

Born — Died

1872-06-09 — 1933-04-17

Place of birth

Kvareli, Georgia

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Georgian and Soviet theater and film director (1872–1933), considered the founder of modern Georgian theatre. A restless innovator shaped by Stanislavsky and Craig at the Moscow Art Theatre, he broke away in 1913 to found the eclectic "Free Theater" before returning to Georgia in 1922 to lead the Rustaveli Theater. In 1926 he split off to build a new touring company that would become the theater bearing his name. Alongside his stage work he directed films between 1916 and 1928, including Amok (1927) and The Gadfly (1928). Honored as People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1931.

Known for

Amok poster
8.0

A drug-addicted doctor lives in isolation in Africa. One day, a young, attractive married woman approaches him, seeking an abortion. He agrees to perform the procedure, but only if she submits to his sexual demands. The woman refuses and leaves immediately.

Amok

1928

The Gadfly poster
7.7

In Italy during the first half of the 19th century, Arthur, a student at a seminary, joined the revolutionary society “Young Italy.” His sincere faith in God compelled him to reveal the society’s secret during confession to his new confessor. However, the confessor denounced the society, leading to the arrest of its members.

The Gadfly

1928

Samanishvili's Stepmother poster
6.0

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.

Samanishvili's Stepmother

1926

The Communard's Pipe poster
5.1

Home alone, little Jules starves while the people rise up and uphold their commune in the streets of Paris. His father joins the revolutionaries, taking his son, whose enthusiasm and pipe are quickly noticed by both his comrades and his enemies, which leads to an appalling ending.

The Communard's Pipe

1929

Gogi Ratiani poster
4.8

After an earthquake orphans young Gogi, he meets Kiko, with whom he shares a love of painting and the dream of going to art school.

Gogi Ratiani

1927

No artwork available
7.7

The conflict with the plant owner makes Tade and Gijua to leave the town and return to their home village. There, Gijua fells in love with Tade’s sister Tasya. A day before their wedding, Tasya is taken by the people of Prince Rostom. Two friends rescue her from the Prince’s estate and launch a resistance struggle against the local usurpers. Revolted peasants kill the prince while two friends escape to the city and become active in a revolutionary movement.

Before The Storm

1924

Behind the camera

Amok poster
8.0

A drug-addicted doctor lives in isolation in Africa. One day, a young, attractive married woman approaches him, seeking an abortion. He agrees to perform the procedure, but only if she submits to his sexual demands. The woman refuses and leaves immediately.

Amok

1928

Amok poster
8.0

A drug-addicted doctor lives in isolation in Africa. One day, a young, attractive married woman approaches him, seeking an abortion. He agrees to perform the procedure, but only if she submits to his sexual demands. The woman refuses and leaves immediately.

Amok

1928

The Gadfly poster
7.7

In Italy during the first half of the 19th century, Arthur, a student at a seminary, joined the revolutionary society “Young Italy.” His sincere faith in God compelled him to reveal the society’s secret during confession to his new confessor. However, the confessor denounced the society, leading to the arrest of its members.

The Gadfly

1928

The Gadfly poster
7.7

In Italy during the first half of the 19th century, Arthur, a student at a seminary, joined the revolutionary society “Young Italy.” His sincere faith in God compelled him to reveal the society’s secret during confession to his new confessor. However, the confessor denounced the society, leading to the arrest of its members.

The Gadfly

1928

Samanishvili's Stepmother poster
6.0

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.

Samanishvili's Stepmother

1926

The Communard's Pipe poster
5.1

Home alone, little Jules starves while the people rise up and uphold their commune in the streets of Paris. His father joins the revolutionaries, taking his son, whose enthusiasm and pipe are quickly noticed by both his comrades and his enemies, which leads to an appalling ending.

The Communard's Pipe

1929

The Communard's Pipe poster
5.1

Home alone, little Jules starves while the people rise up and uphold their commune in the streets of Paris. His father joins the revolutionaries, taking his son, whose enthusiasm and pipe are quickly noticed by both his comrades and his enemies, which leads to an appalling ending.

The Communard's Pipe

1929

Gogi Ratiani poster
4.8

After an earthquake orphans young Gogi, he meets Kiko, with whom he shares a love of painting and the dream of going to art school.

Gogi Ratiani

1927

No artwork available
7.7

The conflict with the plant owner makes Tade and Gijua to leave the town and return to their home village. There, Gijua fells in love with Tade’s sister Tasya. A day before their wedding, Tasya is taken by the people of Prince Rostom. Two friends rescue her from the Prince’s estate and launch a resistance struggle against the local usurpers. Revolted peasants kill the prince while two friends escape to the city and become active in a revolutionary movement.

Before The Storm

1924