Otar Megvinetukhutsesi

Acting

Otar Megvinetukhutsesi

Born 1932-01-16 · Tiflis, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, USSR

Acting credits

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
6.3

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

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ცოტნე დადიანი

1971

The Way Home poster
4.8

The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.

The Way Home

1981

No artwork available
5.0

Zaza Nakashidze is imprisoned for a murder he never committed. While in jail he tries to prove his innocence and with other prisoners, real murderers and thieves, dreams of freedom.

White Flags

1990

Fatima poster
6.2

A wealthy Ossetian prince adopts a foundling and raises her as his own daughter, Fatima. As Fatima grows up, she falls in love with her stepbrother, Dzhambulat. However, when Dzhambulat goes to war and disappears, Fatima defies her father’s wishes and decides to marry a poor labourer.

Fatima

1958

A Holiday of Solitude poster
NR

Characters from the sick Nikala's own paintings appear and talk to him.

A Holiday of Solitude

1980

The Right Hand of the Grand Master poster
5.7

It is set during the 11th century and tells of the reign of King George I. He is at war with Byzantine Empire ruled by Basil II. Apart from ongoing war, he has to fight rebellious Georgian tribes. Problems occur when King George falls in love with Shorena. For her, the King is willing to go against the church. The story is based on famous novel by Konstantine Gamsakhrudia.

The Right Hand of the Grand Master

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

უსახელო უფლისციხელი

1968

Kind People poster
7.7

Instead of going to the front, where he had decided to go after his father’s death, Giga Betaneli ends up at a defence factory in Donbass. His fiancée Nana, who had not received any letters from him, believed he had died. Several years later, Betaneli returned and started working at a metallurgical plant. To his surprise, he discovered that Nana had married his new friend Tamaz. Devastated by the news, Giga realised that nothing could be changed.

Kind People

1961

Seekers of the sunken city poster
9.5

The children have decided to discover the sunken city. The children are helped in their search by the gardener Ermile, who has a number of things and paintings in his house that confirm the existence of the sunken city, removed from the bottom of the sea.

Seekers of the sunken city

1972

Katka and Shiz poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Katka and Shiz

1992

No artwork available
8.0

The last days of the life of the Russian writer A.S. Griboedov. Romance and marriage to Nina Chavchavadze. Assignment to Tehran. Death.

The Griboyedov's Waltz

1995

Farewell, Inesa! poster
8.0

A popular actor, Alonso plays the role of a noble knight on stage, but in real life, in the face of hooligans, he turns out to be a coward.

Farewell, Inesa!

1972

Ghosts of the Past poster
9.0

At the end of the 17th century, Georgia, weakened by war with foreign enemies and internal feudal disorder, came under the influence of Iran. Georgian kings had to fight under the Iranian flag. A similar fate befell King George XI. He was forced to spend most of his life in Afghanistan and Baluchistan to quell the revolts against Iran.

Ghosts of the Past

1996

Who will harness the horse? poster
9.0

After the death of his wife, the skilled horseman Alkha Chamba found himself abandoned with his children. Seeking solace, he moved to the city. The proud old man grappled with the emptiness of his yard and gate. Determined to give his grandson a better life, he decided to return him to the village. This way, the boy could grow up in his family, learning the traditions and becoming a worthy successor as a brave rider. Especially since the boy had been raised in a boarding school after his parents’ divorce.

Who will harness the horse?

1963

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dear M.

2000

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

The Lullaby poster
6.5

This Georgian drama seeks to renew and reinforce a sense of cultural and national identity as it examines a tragic event in the idyllic life of an aristocratic Georgian family. Much of the film focuses upon their happy and peaceful life of this family comprised of a young couple and their baby daughter Keto. Their life changes when two drifters come in. The two men (who seem to be Muslims from the Azerbaijan republic) are met with hospitality. They repay it by kidnapping baby Keto. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The Lullaby

1994

No artwork available
4.5

After the defeat of the 1905 revolution, the underground fighter Gio is sentenced to 25 years of hard labor. However, he manages to escape eight years later. Having lost his wife and daughter during this time, he decides to take revenge on the gendarmes. Gio's younger brother joins him in the mountains...

The Brother

1981

Женщина в море poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Женщина в море

1992

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

Under One Sky poster
6.8

A three-part feature film by Georgian director Lana Ghoghoberidze, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Union. The film is based on Leo Qiacheli's short story "Princess Maya" and Archil Sulakauri's novels "Doves" and "Fresco". These three stories are separated by a 20-20 year interval (1921, 1941, 1961).

Under One Sky

1961