Kakhi Kavsadze

Acting

Kakhi Kavsadze

Born — Died

1935-06-05 — 2021-04-27

Place of birth

Tkibuli, Georgian SSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

Kakhi Kavsadze was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.

Known for

The Golden Calf poster
7.7

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.

The Golden Calf

2006

The White Sun of the Desert poster
7.2

The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...

The White Sun of the Desert

1969

Brighton 4th poster
6.2

Follows Georgian ex-wrestler’s journey to Brooklyn, New York. His aim is to get his son out of a gambling debt. He meets people who help him and people who ignore him.

Brighton 4th

2022

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho poster
5.2

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. The film's title is taken from the book of the same name by Miguel Unamuno.

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho

1988

Count Krestovsky poster
NR

Elbrus Tamayev, a guy from a working-class family, was brought up in the spirit of fundamental male principles: not to offend the weak, to be able to fight back and help those in need. During his school years, he makes a friend and a girlfriend. Elbrus gets a job on a dry cargo ship. His friend pulls off a drug scam. It is exposed, and Elbrus becomes the scapegoat in this case... He is sentenced to life imprisonment in a prison for especially dangerous criminals, from which it is impossible to escape. But the hero - now his name is none other than Graf Krestovsky - succeeds twenty years later. He returns to his homeland and begins to take revenge on those who treated him so cruelly.

Count Krestovsky

2004

Repentance poster
7.1

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

Repentance

1987

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 8 titles

No artwork available
9.0

The film tells with light humor the devastating effect that fear instilled by a dictatorial regime has on a person, how it clouds and shuts down the mind, and ultimately destroys the personality.

The Fear

1996

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

A Chef in Love poster
4.9

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

A Chef in Love

1996

Doves of Paradise poster
8.0

An educationalist priest's attempt to promote literacy in a mountainous village is challenged by a brigade leader who views learning as a waste of time and a means to avoid actual work.

Doves of Paradise

1997

Simple - Minded poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Simple - Minded

1994

No artwork available
NR

Based on Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice".

Shylock

1993

Lullaby poster
6.5

An infant girl is abducted from her family home by two drifters. Years later, her parents track her down, but she suffers from amnesia.

Lullaby

1994

Escape to the End of the World poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Escape to the End of the World

1991

1980s · 14 titles

Repentance poster
7.1

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

Repentance

1987

Ratili poster
7.0

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.

Ratili

1984

Luck poster
6.7

Baadur accidentally gets a lottery ticket which he can win a prestigious car - a white Volga GAZ-24.

Luck

1980

Mister Adventurers poster
10.0

Foreign adventurers arrive in a small town of Georgia on a special mission, but locals hospitality and customs make them forget their goals completely.

Mister Adventurers

1985

Demetre II poster
6.4

13th century Georgia. Georgia, destroyed by numerous invaders, is on the verge of physical destruction. King Dimitri II, known as Dimitri the Devoted, is ready to sacrifice his life to save his nation.

Demetre II

1982

The Lonely Hunter poster
6.2

A man tracks down the men who raped his wife.

The Lonely Hunter

1989

I'm Ready to Take a Challenge poster
5.0

A young poet at a social ball invited a beautiful stranger to dance and received a challenge to a duel from a jealous husband. The duel took place, but the bullet flying to the poet's heart stuck into a gold coin that ended up in his jacket pocket. The inspired poet wrote a number of short stories about the voyage of the golden one, the characters of which are a cheerful sailor, a greedy innkeeper, his wife and her lover...

I'm Ready to Take a Challenge

1984

Besame poster
10.0

The shepherd boy Besame is lucky, with the help of the old maestro he becomes a student at the conservatory and begins to learn to play the flute. But the governor and other envious people lock Besame in a correctional cell to learn the ruthless rules of life. Here he is tortured, deprived of music, accustomed to money, and turned into a strong animal. Besame's metamorphosis frightens even the bullies, but the maestro saves the young man again - the sound of the flute washes away all the filth from Besame, returning love and freedom.

Besame

1989

The White Rose of Immortality poster
5.2

Two lovers – a young shepherd, Mzechabuka, and a peasant girl, Teona, - have endured all the trials falling to their lot and see the happy time when they can join their lives together.

The White Rose of Immortality

1986

Three Days Of The Hot Summer poster
8.0

Sulkhan Iberieli, the famous scientist and the head of the excavation of the desert monastery complex, does not have the funds to finish his work. He is forced to turn to different authorities and people for help. He is supported by a young archaeologist, Tamriko, but their efforts end in failure.

Three Days Of The Hot Summer

1981

Bell of the Holy Forge poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bell of the Holy Forge

1982

Accept The Challenge Signori! poster
8.0

A musical comedy based on Carlo Goldoni's play "The Innkeeper's Wife."

Accept The Challenge Signori!

1982

Everyone Needs Love poster
6.3

A graduate of a sewing school arrives in a Kakhetian village. Insisting on opening a fashion house there, the energetic and good-natured Makvala makes the life of the villagers much more lively.

Everyone Needs Love

1980

Before Rain Stops Pouring poster
4.7

Salome, a former teacher, constantly lectures her student son, Gia, about morality and the perceived indifference of modern youth. Gia finds her mother’s views outdated. Seeking to help Gia clarify her values, Salome asks her husband, Vakhtang, for assistance. After speaking with his son, Vakhtang realises that Gia is a decent young man who lives in accordance with the current times. However, Salome’s illness disrupts the family dynamics. Father and son decide to fulfil Salome’s dream and take her on a trip to Lithuania.

Before Rain Stops Pouring

1984

1970s · 21 titles

A Necklace for My Beloved poster
5.1

Three guys are living in a Dagestan aul, and all three are in love with the blue-eyed Serminaz. According to a mountaineers’ tradition, a young man seeking the hand and the heart of a beloved girl has to make her a present that she would remember for the rest of her life. The friends set out in search of the special gift…

A Necklace for My Beloved

1971

The Light of Autumn poster
6.2

Vakhtang is talented artist but family liabilities don't allow him to work seriously. His wife Eka takes advantage of husband's trip out of town and exchanges her flat for a house in a colorful old city and sets up the artist's studio.

The Light of Autumn

1973

Caucasian romance poster
7.0

Relatives of the beautiful Mardjan consider Elberd unworthy of her hand. Father, uncle and grandmother keep the girl locked up. And for protection they use a whole pack of dogs. But the cunning Elberd manages to lure the dogs into large baskets, hang them high on the branches of trees, and take his beloved out of the house.

Caucasian romance

1975

There Once Was a Singing Blackbird poster
6.3

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.

There Once Was a Singing Blackbird

1970

Melodies of the Vera Quarter poster
6.5

This musical is based on old Georgian vaudevilles and plays. The early 20th century. Old Tiflis is in confusion and turmoil. A mysterious fairy is helping the poor Pavle’s family: real wood is burning in his old, neglected fireplace, wherein a pot with meat would suddenly appear. The good fairy is impersonated by laundress Vardo who helps not only the poor Pavle, but other families in this quarter as well. Vardo is known to many people in the town, but no one ever suspected that she was capable of performing miracles. The film’s colorful folk melodies, merry songs and fiery dances leave no viewer indifferent. Starring in the leading role is the great Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli.

Melodies of the Vera Quarter

1973

The Wishing Tree poster
7.1

Marita arrives at a small village in Georgia to live with her aunt. She meets a poor young lad, Gedia, and falls in love with him. But her relatives are determined to marry the girl off to a local rich man…

The Wishing Tree

1976

Clicks poster
NR

Screen adaptation of F. Gorenshtein's satirical stories. A short story film allegorically depicting the life of Soviet Georgia.

Clicks

1973

Cabbages and Kings poster
5.8

Everything would have gone on as usual in the island of Anchuria, if not for a small suitcase filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars that suddenly turned up at the local barber's, and the mysterious stranger who one day was washed ashore by the waves on the coast of Anchuria...

Cabbages and Kings

1979

Adventures of Lazare poster
9.5

An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.

Adventures of Lazare

1973

Lemon Cake poster
7.8

Road masters Abessalom, Beso and Gigla decide to enjoy lemon cake for dessert.

Lemon Cake

1977

Betting poster
5.2

Three road workers set at a rest stop waiting for paint to apply road markings.

Betting

1975

Small Town of Anara poster
8.0

Tadeoz Toroshelidze is the most reknowned wine drinker in the whole area. Once he even won a drinking horn in a competition that has rested in his house ever since.

Small Town of Anara

1978

Lunch Break poster
5.0

During the lunch break, the employees hold sports competitions, where women consistently win, frustrating the chief, who finds himself in a comical situation while trying to restore men's prestige.

Lunch Break

1978

Three Grooms poster
7.0

Kahi and Baadur get a letter from Berik, who sent them photographs of women and a letter in which he informs them that he has decided to marry one of them. Having also decided to build their family life with unmarried others, the friends buy a hive of bees and set off on the train.

Three Grooms

1978

Three Rubles poster
6.2

Having found three rubles on the road near a change house, road masters Abessalom, Beso and Gigla decided to go to the city.

Three Rubles

1975

Like a Morning Mist poster
10.0

A lonely provincial man asks his childhood friends to come to his hometown. He is forced to explain the reason for their gathering to his surprised friends by the unexpected invitation.

Like a Morning Mist

1976

The Diary of Carlos Espinola poster
NR

International boarding school for the children of independence fighters, underground activists, and emigrants. The tender friendship of a classmate helps the teenager Carlos cope with a heavy blow - the news that his father has been sentenced to death.

The Diary of Carlos Espinola

1977

Stairs poster
9.0

A part of Almighty Love

Stairs

1975

Mountain Summiters poster
7.0

Having met road workers, a sports instructor convinces them to sign up in the mountaineering section and begin to conquer the surrounding peaks.

Mountain Summiters

1977

Love at First Sight poster
5.8

Murad Rasulov, a simple 16-year-old Azerbaijani, raised in Tbilisi, and a passionate fan of football, falls in love for the first time in his life with Anya, a Belarusian girl who is studying at the same institute in Baku, two years older than him. The difference in age and the conflict of cultures becomes an obstacle in the way of a young man whom no one helps, in a hopeless, desperate struggle for love.

Love at First Sight

1975

Wine Thieves poster
6.6

Co-villagers lead secretly into scrooge-type Elibo's wine-cellar, but good wine makes them to sing loudly and awaken Elibo joins to thieves feast.

Wine Thieves

1975

1960s · 6 titles

The White Sun of the Desert poster
7.2

The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...

The White Sun of the Desert

1969

Lebedev vs. Lebedev poster
9.0

The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but in reality does nothing to help him. Oleg has been following the girl he likes for a whole year and is unable to force himself to get to know her. It is becoming more and more difficult for two Lebedevs to get along in one person ...

Lebedev vs. Lebedev

1965

Fit for Non-Combatant poster
6.9

Rookie Vladimir Danilin gets to the foreman of communication Kachure and is appointed to riding ones. Having no experience with horses, Danilin often finds himself in comic situations.

Fit for Non-Combatant

1968

Matsi Khvitia poster
7.9

It’s about a 13th-century Georgian legendary avenger, the noble robber Matsi Khvitia, who bravely fought against the princes’ arbitrary rule.

Matsi Khvitia

1966

There Will Be A Movie! poster
NR

A documentary film about the work of stuntmen and camera operators in Soviet cinema, using the film "White Sun of the Desert" as an example.

There Will Be A Movie!

1969

Award poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Award

1965

Series credits

The Golden Calf poster
7.7

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.

The Golden Calf

2006

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho poster
5.2

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. The film's title is taken from the book of the same name by Miguel Unamuno.

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho

1988

Count Krestovsky poster
NR

Elbrus Tamayev, a guy from a working-class family, was brought up in the spirit of fundamental male principles: not to offend the weak, to be able to fight back and help those in need. During his school years, he makes a friend and a girlfriend. Elbrus gets a job on a dry cargo ship. His friend pulls off a drug scam. It is exposed, and Elbrus becomes the scapegoat in this case... He is sentenced to life imprisonment in a prison for especially dangerous criminals, from which it is impossible to escape. But the hero - now his name is none other than Graf Krestovsky - succeeds twenty years later. He returns to his homeland and begins to take revenge on those who treated him so cruelly.

Count Krestovsky

2004

Koroli i kapusta poster
NR

Everything would have continued as usual on the island of Anchuria, had it not been for a briefcase containing hundreds of thousands of dollars, which suddenly appeared in the possession of a local barber, and a mysterious stranger who was once washed ashore on the Anchurian coast by a wave...

Koroli i kapusta

1979

Игры в подкидного poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Игры в подкидного

2001

The Golden Spider poster
9.0

Investigating a daring robbery of a jewelry store, the investigative team of Colonel Ivan Georgadze uncovers strange connections between this crime and a case from the 1960s.

The Golden Spider

1992