Acting
Abesalom Loria
Born — Died
1922-04-22 — 2001-01-27
Place of birth
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Known for
Acting
Credits
52 titles
Known for
7.5Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
Mimino
1977
6.4This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.
Teheran '43
1981
6.8Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
SportLotto - 82
1982
5.9Three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness.
100 grams for Bravery
1977
NRGogi is on his way to celebrate the New Year. On the snowy road, he meets a beautiful girl whose car broke down. Gogi gives the tire of his car to beautiful stranger, and he himself, fascinated by his own behavior, meets the New Year alone in the car on a deserted road.
Spare Wheel
1977
6.1Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home.
The Passport
1990
Film credits
1990s · 7 titles
6.1Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home.
The Passport
1990
NRKazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
The Cannibal
1991
5.7Five stolen doves "monks" are helping to investigate a big diamonds theft.
Five Stolen Monks
1991
8.0An 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
In 1937, neighbours would gather in the evenings to listen to the gramophone played by Daniela, a peasant who loved music. However, an insult from a fellow villager was enough to send the innocent Daniela to the Gulag on absurd charges.
Red Record Player
1995
Dramatic 1992. Fratricidal war in Abkhazia, darkened Tbilisi, a den of criminals, a demoralized society. And against this backdrop, the difficult life of a Tbilisi intelligent family.
მორევი
1996
4.0Photographer Tazo has almost everything - an old apartment in old Tbilisi, and a lady of his heart, and work, and football... All that is missing for ultimate happiness is a TV.
Oh, This Terrible TV
1990
1980s · 19 titles
6.4This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.
Teheran '43
1981
6.8Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
SportLotto - 82
1982
7.4Members of the Shield and Helmet Masonic Lodge, sent by the CIA, are preparing a coup in one of the western countries. The criminal chronicle reporter manages to infiltrate the headquarters of the conspirators. The information he produces will play a decisive role in preventing the putsch. However, the successful journalist soon became convinced that he had discovered only the tip of the iceberg...
The Secret of Gretha Villa
1984
6.0An international geological expedition led by a Russian engineer works in an inaccessible area of one of the Latin American countries. Scientists are held hostage by a nearby gang that trades in the drug trade. Geologists are in mortal danger ...
Copper Angel
1984
7.0Two car mechanics friends decide to holiday on the Black Sea coast. The news of the arrival of the "famous masters" excited the residents of the southern town, followed by adventures, misunderstandings and the abduction of one of them.
Kidnapping of the Century
1982
NRThe film's protagonist, a young journalist, returns to the village where he spent his childhood years years later. The village is almost deserted, and the last inhabitants are thinking about leaving for the bar. Gogi begins a fight to preserve the once populous and prosperous village.
Memory
1989
9.0Chicherin - Russian revolutionary, Soviet diplomat, first People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR and the USSR. Member of the USSR Central Executive Committee of 1-5 convocations, member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party. Musicologist, author of a book about Mozart. In memory of Chicherin.
Chicherin
1986
NRGeorgian students are traveling to Ruset for an internship and helping local villagers with construction.
Almost two months
1980
5.0The action takes place in one of the Transcaucasian republics in the sixties, where a campaign was launched to breed a new animal, the goat, descended from the mountain tour and the domestic goat.
Constellation Goattour
1989
NRBased on the story "Gabo" by Archil Sulakauri.
The Old Engine Driver
1983
7.3Major Zaza is investigating a routine criminal case: murder for the purpose of robbery. However, his adversary is cunning and ruthless, a dangerous and cynical repeat offender nicknamed “The Intellectual.” Exposing this cunning criminal is proving difficult.
For Those Who Like to Solve Crosswords
1981
9.0Vera Skobelev is a talented ballerina and choreographer. Her life, seemingly unorganized, is filled with deep meaning and love for everything around her...
Myth
1986
NRLike all of the Turkmen director Khalmamed Kakabayev's films, this one is about children and their first discoveries of the world of emotions and nature. Seven-year-old Almaz lives in an orphanage. He is very independent and rarely asks for help from his teachers. Like all orphans, Almaz dreams of his parents suddenly appearing in his life. One day, when he meets a woman in a cemetery who is mourning her son, Almaz befriends her and helps her cope with her grief.
Short Sleeves
1983
6.5A story about a life of a group of children in Tbilisi, Georgia during WWII.
How's Home, How's Everything?
1987
10.0The film is based on the fables of Sulkhan-Saba Orbelia
The Tent of Wisdom
1982
NRLado really wanted to prove to the guys that he was an “independent man.” One day he was left alone in the apartment. And Lado invited his playmates to rehearse a “yard theater” performance at his home. Mom's cosmetics were used, a curtain was made from window curtains, and a wooden toy horse was turned into a goat. Now the guys were able to verify Lado’s “independence”.
How I Was Independent
1987
8.0The village of Chokhi had decided to marry Shete to a girl from another village, but the bride refused. The offended village people send their women as spies, the men arm themselves and follow them to take revenge. They are accompanied by a writer collects people's stories along the way.
Human Sadness
1986
NROne day, a modest accountant, a resident of a seaside town, adopted a dog. The dog became attached to its lonely owner, but it soon became clear that the dog had been trained by its previous owner to steal things from unwary beachgoers. An honest man, yelled at the dog, but then came to terms with his friend’s shortcomings, and even began to encourage his dubious abilities.
Beach Robber
1987
9.0The main character is Nodar Geradze, an organizer of song and dance ensembles and a collector of ancient Georgian music.
Open the Windows
1981
1970s · 21 titles
7.5Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
Mimino
1977
5.9Three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness.
100 grams for Bravery
1977
NRGogi is on his way to celebrate the New Year. On the snowy road, he meets a beautiful girl whose car broke down. Gogi gives the tire of his car to beautiful stranger, and he himself, fascinated by his own behavior, meets the New Year alone in the car on a deserted road.
Spare Wheel
1977
No synopsis available yet.
ჰობოი
1977
No synopsis available yet.
მინდვრის ყვავილი
1974
No synopsis available yet.
გამინაწილე სითბო
1975
NR1918. A group of Russian aviators who had been training in France return to Russia and join the White Army. However, two pilots soon switch sides and fight in the Red Army's first aviation unit.
Shattered Sky
1979
6.5This 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
7.8Road masters Abessalom, Beso and Gigla decide to enjoy lemon cake for dessert.
Lemon Cake
1977
8.0A 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
8.0The first part "Zhenya" tells about a boy Zhenya, who goes to kindergarten. The story tells about his relationship with his peers and how he was unfairly punished. Will he be able to act manly in this situation? The second part "Buba" is about a 11-year-old musician from a Georgian village, who one day is given a chance to prove himself among adult musicians - he is offered to replace one of the members of an amateur orchestra.
How to Become a Man
1971
7.0Russian Fedya and Georgian Shaliko fought side by side in the Patriotic War. Years later, Fedya meets his friend
Fedya
1977
5.7Kvarkvare 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
NROne day, Alexander Dumas the Father decided to visit the Caucasus. Many adventures awaited him there. A cheerful fantasy about the stay of the great French romantic in the Caucasus. Extraordinary adventures, love, friendship, and loyalty help the hero, who enters into a fight with the cruel and treacherous Circassian prince Vakhvari.
Dumas in the Caucasus
1979
No synopsis available yet.
ცოტნე დადიანი
1971
5.0During 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
8.5A young doctor sent to work at the Zestafon ferroalloy factory will confront the management of the factory in order to protect the environment and workers' health.
Esculape's Student
1979
9.0An elderly lion tamer can't even tame a dog anymore, however he can not retire from his favorite job and so he is forced to do tricks himself instead of lions.
Gladiator
1971
8.5The chairman of the collective farm, Yuri Sergeyevich, has no rest - and all because of the boys, whose main instigator is Petka, dreams of space flights are overwhelming. With his ideas, he gives a lot of trouble to adults, and they decide to entrust him with a "serious" business ...
Have You Seen Petka?
1976
7.7Ivane does not think about starting a family life, so the villagers deicide to force him marry and try to take him and his bride to the church using all the possible means.
Story of Ivane Kotorashvili
1974
NRThe piglet became famous throughout the village for his tricks. Having spent time with him, the owners, Marta and her son Kukuri, took the prankster to Tbilisi to the bazaar.
Zealous Piglet
1979
1960s · 3 titles
NRThe male choir enthusiastically welcomed the new conductor, a charming young woman.
Male Choir
1968
5.0Bichiko experiencing strong mother that her son throughout the village serves as a care-free claims. Bichiko studies and do not care about his girlfriend Nani prefers. Nani's father, did not want to hear vardens udiplomo fiancée, the daughter of suitable bridegrooms agronomist Nicholas presumption. Nani decides Bichiko abduction, but by the hands of his father will be forgiven. The case in favor of Bichiko is up, as it turns out it was a misunderstanding under vardenis sole protector. Varden will understand that people are Bichiko Charming and grooms will not reject.
Son-in-law without Diploma
1961
7.7Returning from the army, Pierre starts working for the police. Before joining the army, he loved his neighbor Tina, who moved to another city. One day a house is being broken into and Pierre is wounded by criminals.
Pierre, a Policeagent
1965
1950s · 2 titles
NRA group of vacationers arrive at the "White Hotel" boarding house. The director of the boarding house, bureaucrat Alexander, learns that among the vacationers there is a film director who is studying the life of the boarding house for his upcoming film. Alexander considers one of the vacationers to be the director for some reason and will set a cruel regime in the boarding house to please him.
Past Summer
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Two Actors
1957
