Medea Japaridze

Acting

Medea Japaridze

Born — Died

1923-02-20 — 1994-03-31

Place of birth

Georgian SSR, USSR, [now Republic of Georgia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Medea Japaridze was a Soviet and Georgian actress. People's Artist of the Georgian SSR.

Known for

The Color of Pomegranates poster
7.4

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

The Color of Pomegranates

1969

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

Shield of Jurgai poster
7.0

In the Caucasus foothills, battles rage against the German fascist invaders who have broken through. Reinforcements, including Russians, Ukrainians, and Kazakhs, are moving to defend the region. Along the way, the soldiers stop at a half-ruined ancient castle. There, a grey-haired old man recounts the legend of Dzhurga, a valiant warrior who once lived there. The legend comes to life on the screen, depicting a wedding feast in the castle where Dzhurgai celebrates his union with a shepherdess. However, the festivities are interrupted by a foreign enemy attacking Georgia. Led by Dzhurgai, Georgian warriors fight bravely and emerge victorious against the Mongol hordes.

Shield of Jurgai

1944

Akaki's Cradle poster
6.0

Film about the childhood and teenage years of the national poet of Georgia Akaki Tsereteli.

Akaki's Cradle

1947

Keto and Kote poster
4.5

Using a marriage broker, a Prince in dire financial straits plans to marry the wealthy daughter of a merchant, The girl is in love with the nephew of the prince. Forced by her father into the unwelcome match, she finds a friend in another matchmaker. They arrange it so that the prince will not like the girl when he meets her.

Keto and Kote

1948

Past Summer poster
NR

A 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

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 3 titles

1950s · 3 titles

1940s · 7 titles

Shield of Jurgai poster
7.0

In the Caucasus foothills, battles rage against the German fascist invaders who have broken through. Reinforcements, including Russians, Ukrainians, and Kazakhs, are moving to defend the region. Along the way, the soldiers stop at a half-ruined ancient castle. There, a grey-haired old man recounts the legend of Dzhurga, a valiant warrior who once lived there. The legend comes to life on the screen, depicting a wedding feast in the castle where Dzhurgai celebrates his union with a shepherdess. However, the festivities are interrupted by a foreign enemy attacking Georgia. Led by Dzhurgai, Georgian warriors fight bravely and emerge victorious against the Mongol hordes.

Shield of Jurgai

1944

Akaki's Cradle poster
6.0

Film about the childhood and teenage years of the national poet of Georgia Akaki Tsereteli.

Akaki's Cradle

1947

Keto and Kote poster
4.5

Using a marriage broker, a Prince in dire financial straits plans to marry the wealthy daughter of a merchant, The girl is in love with the nephew of the prince. Forced by her father into the unwelcome match, she finds a friend in another matchmaker. They arrange it so that the prince will not like the girl when he meets her.

Keto and Kote

1948

The Bridge poster
8.0

A Soviet army unit finds a bridge over a river blown up. The Ilo Gigauri Battalion is tasked with rebuilding it. Under constant enemy artillery fire, the fighters work selflessly to rebuild the bridge and successfully complete their combat mission.

The Bridge

1942

George Saakadze poster
5.0

The film tells about the struggle of the Georgian people under the leadership of the great commander George Saakadze for a centralized state.

George Saakadze

1942

ქალიშვილი გაღმიდან poster
10.0

A mountain river divides the village of Soviet Georgia and Turkey. A young border guard, Temur, notices that his daughter on the other side has fallen off a wooden bridge and into the river. Temur immediately jumps into the water and saves his daughter. Fatman is haunted by the entire village, the border guards. He now sees Soviet life with different eyes, but is forced to surrender to the Turkish authorities and return home. But Kolishvili's newly acquired friends and the days spent with them are deeply imprinted in his mind.

ქალიშვილი გაღმიდან

1940

The Lights of Kolchis poster
7.0

During the meeting in the Kolkhidmsheni division, they will decide to strengthen the work in the highway area, headed by Taras Japaridze, before the rains begin, and transfer Archil Tsanava's brigade here as well. Archil considers this decision to be unfair. But his fiancee, engineer Nani Tophuria, also opposes him. upset Archil leaves the meeting and the construction as well. Autumn rains begin. The overflowing Rion threatens to tear down the entire construction.

The Lights of Kolchis

1941