Writing

Vaja Gigashvili

Born 1936-10-15 · Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Legend of Suram Fortress poster
6.8

A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.

The Legend of Suram Fortress

1985

Nika in the mountains poster
NR

Nika is a bold city boy. His father, dissatisfied with his hobbies, sends him to the mountains with his geologists friends. Here, in a new environment, Nika's personality is formed.

Nika in the mountains

1979

No artwork available
6.0

A welder falls in love on a spring afternoon with a young woman he meets at a zebra crossing.

Gazapkhulis sagamo

1972

Time of Our Childhood poster
7.0

Everyday lives in Tbilisian courtyard during World War 2.

Time of Our Childhood

1987

Jaqo's dispossessed poster
NR

In the non-Georgian population of Georgia, over the centuries, its own mentality has been formed, i.e. non-Georgian population has always behaved ambiguously. It should be emphasized that not only those who consider it their home, but also those who are trying to appropriate the best "apartments of this hotel" lived and live in Georgia. At one time, Mikhail Javakhishvili, in his allegorical novel "Jacos Hiznebi" ("Khizans Jacko" - "Jacko Lodgers" - in Russian refuge, show itself loyal and humble servant. And you, in your naivety and carelessness, open the door for him, provide food and shelter. And he will gain strength, become carefree and arrogant,

Jaqo's dispossessed

2009

გაზაფხულის საღამო poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

გაზაფხულის საღამო

1972

Mountain Peak poster
5.5

Georgian and foreign alpinists make an effort to ascend a high mountain. The weather is inclement making their effort extremely perilous. Every step on the snow-covered trail is precarious. Professionalism, firmness and compassion have far more value than the physical ability.

Mountain Peak

1976

A Green Island of Hope poster
7.0

A young scientist named Gogi arrives in a forested corner of Georgia and meets gamekeeper Luka Chokheli. Little by little, Gogi comes to understand the gamekeeper's uncompromising stance on nature conservation.

A Green Island of Hope

1980

Anthim the Iberian poster
7.8

Anthim the Iberian - Antimoz Iverieli, a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the printing press of the prince of Wallachia, and was Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708-1715.

Anthim the Iberian

2001