Acting
Mikheil Vashadze
Born — Died
1908-12-14 — 1996-06-30
Place of birth
Chiatura, Georgia
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Known for
6.5In Arabic, “mameluke” means a white slave, a prisoner. In Egypt, this name was given to prisoners of war who had been sold into slavery from Georgia and other countries of the Caucasus. The action of this drama starts in Georgia in the late 18th century. Two friends are abducted and sold into slavery. One ends up in Egypt, the other - in Venice. Years later, they meet by the ancient pyramids, in the desert where a battle is going on between the armies of Bonaparte and Ali-bey, the ruler of Egypt. In a combat with a French officer, the Mameluke injures him. Falling from his horse onto the sand, the officer exclaims in Georgian: “Vai, nana!” (“Oh, mother!”). And the Mameluke recognizes in him a mate of his childhood games.
Mameluke
1958
No synopsis available yet.
ბერიკაცები
1975
6.0On the outskirts of the modern city, an old mill stands. Townspeople come here to grind corn, while waiting for their turn, they share memories of the past, discuss present concerns, joke, and argue.
A Mill in Suburb of the City
1981
4.5In the southern region of Georgia, in ancient Meskheti, a young man, Giorgi Toreli, is appointed as the secretary of the Raikom. He aims at the revival of his native region and for this he begins to fight against bureaucracy, autocracy, corruption, prevailing inertia.
O My Homeland!
1981
7.0The 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
No synopsis available yet.
The Stranger
1988
Film credits
1990s · 3 titles
6.0A comedy film about the fantastic adventures of Lado, a simple electrician from Tbilisi, who finds himself transported from the real world into the mesmerising world of soccer. The film is filled with vivid moments from the history of world soccer championships.
I, Godfather of Pele!
1991
7.0Tragicomic understanding of life, global irony about the total falsehood and general degradation of the communist society. The last days of the passing time.
Express Information
1994
8.0The film depicts episodes of Iakob Dzhugashvili's life in a German concentration camp and his heroic death.
Son of Stalin
1990
1980s · 16 titles
6.0On the outskirts of the modern city, an old mill stands. Townspeople come here to grind corn, while waiting for their turn, they share memories of the past, discuss present concerns, joke, and argue.
A Mill in Suburb of the City
1981
4.5In the southern region of Georgia, in ancient Meskheti, a young man, Giorgi Toreli, is appointed as the secretary of the Raikom. He aims at the revival of his native region and for this he begins to fight against bureaucracy, autocracy, corruption, prevailing inertia.
O My Homeland!
1981
No synopsis available yet.
The Stranger
1988
8.0During WWII, one of the villages in Guria is once revived by the noise of gypsies camped nearby.
My Gypsies
1987
NROld people from a small village in Guria, renowned for their love and knowledge of folk songs, will be performing at a folk song festival in a Bulgarian seaside resort. Their Guria songs will delight the audience, making them many good friends and embarking on fun adventures.
Come on, Grandpas!
1981
NRThe fairy tale about a young tsar who fell in love with the daughter of an artisan and decided to marry her.
Three Syllables
1982
9.0The story of a Georgian applicant to VGIK, forced to hide the story of his repressed father.
The Past is Always With Us
1989
NRFollows the usual working day of the chairman of the city Executive Committee Ramaz Pavlovich Avaliani. Different people come to his office with different goals, and he tries to help everyone, understand all requests, and resolve all disputes.
Monday Is a Normal Day
1984
8.0It is the period of collapse of the Soviet Union. A young director in a shabby house with a clear view of the street demonstrations. He sleeps all the time and dreams
Dreams Between Parades
1989
9.5Road workers, having paralyzed traffic on a busy street, dig a well into which they intend to lower a concrete pipe. Two passers-by watch them...
Well
1989
8.0Writer and newspaper editor Bachana Bregvadze is hospitalized with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction. A writer on the edge of life and death recalls and analyzes his past life.
Law of Eternity
1982
6.0Giorgi follows his son's request and goes to the city to spend the winter. Only Loma, Giorgi's Caucasian shepherd remains in thedeserted village.
Loma, the Forgotten Friend
1982
NRThe film continues the story of " Loma, The Forgotten Friend" and tells about the fate of the dog after he lost his owner.
Loma
1987
NRThe bus driver notices that the bus has regular passengers, but they don't know each other, they just argue and bicker. The driver deviates from the route, takes the bus into the forest, starts driving, and hides and starts watching from a distance.
An Unusual Ride
1983
5.5An absurdist allegory of the absorption of Georgia into the Soviet Union, a man's apartment is overrun by 'lodgers' who takeover the apartment, restrict his movements, and put him in a birdcage.
Lodgers
1989
10.0The film is based on the fables of Sulkhan-Saba Orbelia
The Tent of Wisdom
1982
1970s · 15 titles
No synopsis available yet.
ბერიკაცები
1975
7.0The 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
8.0Story of the friendship between a little boy and his dog.
The Dog
1974
9.5The 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
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
5.4Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia.
Wedding
1973
7.0Second World War. The fascists attack Svaneti. Old Betkili, whose son was killed in the war, lives far from the village. The old man comes across a Soviet soldier, Lasha, and shelters him in the mountains, but soon finds the soldier’s behavior suspicious.
The Land of the Ancestors
1979
NRArriving in his native village, a young sculptor falls in love with one of the villager girl and decides to create a statue of her. This relationship ends with marriage after many vicissitudes.
Wedding Imeretian Style
1979
No synopsis available yet.
ბორანი
1975
8.3The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s through the line of the main characters: Tarash Emkhvari and Arzakan Zvambaya.
Stealing Of The Moon
1973
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
8.0The Bishop has decided to punish a priest who loved hunting, but in the process the hunting spirit got awakened in him.
Bishop On The Hunt
1971
5.7Vazha served his sentence for stealing a cow and returned to the village. Upon his return, he decided to repair the house. His friends promised to help, but then everyone had their own business.
Return
1977
6.0Nazo and Koba decide to apply to a theater institute, but despite Koba being accepted, they both return home, not wanting to study separately.
Waltz on Mtatsminda
1975
6.0Old Luka dreams to plant rare pear saplings in his orchard, so that after years his beloved grandson Kakha will enjoy its fruits. In his tough journey to get the saplings, Luka gives Kakha lots of life lessons.
The Saplings
1972
1960s · 4 titles
6.4The old peasant Minago Iremadze and his wife miss their children who live in the city. The older brother married a city girl, the younger studies there. Minago decides to bring them back home. He goes to the city and tells everything to his sons. The brothers understand their dad well but cannot abandon the city life.
Spring Comes Soon
1967
6.0After finishing school, three friends go to Chiatura for work. Two of them start working in a black stone mine, and the third, Bondo, works as a driver in a lumber yard. Friends' paths divide here. With the advice of the warehouse manager, Bondo gets used to easy income and does not shy away from dark affairs.
Alarm
1968
7.0Ketevan, 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
9.0Georgian village during the revolution of 1905. The struggle of the peasantry against the landlords. Tariel Golua's son, Levan, leads the rebellion. Tariel himself is in favor of a peaceful solution to the conflict, but when his son is brutally killed, and the houses of the rebels and their supporters are set on fire, Tariel is convinced that it is impossible to gain freedom without an armed struggle.
Tariel Golua
1969
