Directing

Shota Managadze

Born — Died

1903-03-19 — 1977-07-21

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Young One From Sabudara poster
5.8

Potter's son Gogita moves from his distant village Sabudara to the town. Knowledge obtained from his father and his personal qualities help Gogita on his difficult way towards professional success and beautiful Tebrole's heart.

Young One From Sabudara

1958

The Life poster
7.0

The film tells the life of a Georgian woman from 1920s to the present day. Love, marriage, Russian annexation and collectivization, world war, loss of children - Sidonia went through many sorrows and troubles on her way of life, but she always maintained spiritual courage and hope for the future.

The Life

1972

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

Cantankerous Neighbors poster
6.7

The two neighbors, Amiran (ამირანი) and Gramiton (გრამიტონი), are cantankerous individuals who argue about everything for no reason. Their constant bickering is very amusing to everyone in the village, as they compete to see who is better.

Cantankerous Neighbors

1945

The Flower on the Snow poster
7.5

Young veterinarian Kakhaber is planning to start working in village, but he falls in love with Neli,Singer woman, and starts working as an administrator in her quartet. He is not fit for his new job and because of that everyone bullies him, including Nellie. On of the quortet's tours he meets a girl, who will persuade him to return to his profession again.

The Flower on the Snow

1961

The Last Vendetta poster
6.0

When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.

The Last Vendetta

1966

Behind the camera

Young One From Sabudara poster
5.8

Potter's son Gogita moves from his distant village Sabudara to the town. Knowledge obtained from his father and his personal qualities help Gogita on his difficult way towards professional success and beautiful Tebrole's heart.

Young One From Sabudara

1958

The Life poster
7.0

The film tells the life of a Georgian woman from 1920s to the present day. Love, marriage, Russian annexation and collectivization, world war, loss of children - Sidonia went through many sorrows and troubles on her way of life, but she always maintained spiritual courage and hope for the future.

The Life

1972

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

Cantankerous Neighbors poster
6.7

The two neighbors, Amiran (ამირანი) and Gramiton (გრამიტონი), are cantankerous individuals who argue about everything for no reason. Their constant bickering is very amusing to everyone in the village, as they compete to see who is better.

Cantankerous Neighbors

1945

The Flower on the Snow poster
7.5

Young veterinarian Kakhaber is planning to start working in village, but he falls in love with Neli,Singer woman, and starts working as an administrator in her quartet. He is not fit for his new job and because of that everyone bullies him, including Nellie. On of the quortet's tours he meets a girl, who will persuade him to return to his profession again.

The Flower on the Snow

1961

The Flower on the Snow poster
7.5

Young veterinarian Kakhaber is planning to start working in village, but he falls in love with Neli,Singer woman, and starts working as an administrator in her quartet. He is not fit for his new job and because of that everyone bullies him, including Nellie. On of the quortet's tours he meets a girl, who will persuade him to return to his profession again.

The Flower on the Snow

1961

The Last Vendetta poster
6.0

When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.

The Last Vendetta

1966

Laurencia poster
NR

A filmed choreodrama that played an important role in the Georgian and Soviet contemporary ballet scene. In a Spanish village oppressed by a tyrannical Commander, a defiant young woman inspires the people to rise up, transforming personal resistance into a collective revolt for dignity and freedom.

Laurencia

1955

An Honest Eye poster
8.0

Otar Nizharadze is an unrelenting fighter against the corruption, fraud, and crookedness reigning in the society.

An Honest Eye

1976

An Honest Eye poster
8.0

Otar Nizharadze is an unrelenting fighter against the corruption, fraud, and crookedness reigning in the society.

An Honest Eye

1976

Masters of Georgian Ballet poster
6.0

A pair of short ballets, written for the screen, filmed and performed by artists of the Georgian SSR. In color, with narration.

Masters of Georgian Ballet

1955

Crucified Island poster
7.0

Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland

Crucified Island

1968

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

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

Waiting poster
7.0

Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ketevan does not lack care for the sick, lives in hope, and waits for his children to return home. But the harsh reality of the war demands a sacrifice from her again - Ketevani sends his third son to the war as well.

Waiting

1969

Waiting poster
7.0

Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ketevan does not lack care for the sick, lives in hope, and waits for his children to return home. But the harsh reality of the war demands a sacrifice from her again - Ketevani sends his third son to the war as well.

Waiting

1969