
Acting
Avtandil Makharadze
Born
1943-07-16 (83)
Place of birth
Batumi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]
Known for
Acting
Credits
22 titles
Avtandil Makharadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ მახარაძე) (born 16 July 1943) is a Georgian actor. He was born in Batumi. Active since the 1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University with performances in the acts of his fellow students. His role in the play "The Merchant of Venice", where he played Shylock caught the eyes of critics and the public. He worked at Shota Rustaveli Theatre until 1991 where he had played over 50 roles. He had great success in the theater of MHAT (Moscow Art Theatre), where in 1983, he played the main role in the play "Collapse" (Jaqo's Dispossessed). The same role was previously played in a television …
Known for
6.3Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.
Archangel
2005
5.2A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. The film's title is taken from the book of the same name by Miguel Unamuno.
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
1988
6.1Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
Hostages
2017
7.1The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
Repentance
1987
6.3Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.
Migrations
1989
8.5In capital city Baku, eminent editor Yusef Abranov and director Mehmet are determined to get their latest movie made by any means necessary, after being shut down by the bankrupt national studio. Following various schemes, the only way left to raise the cash is to marry off Yusef’s son to the daughter of the rich guy who’s bought Yusef’s bizarre, mirror-filled house.
National Bomb
2004
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRSequel to Fəryad (1993). The film tells the story of Azerbaijani victory in the 44-day Patriotic War for the lands of Karabakh, which the Armenian invaders had occupied for nearly 30 years.
Life Seems to Be Beautiful
2022
NRAn old scientist left alone in the gated territory of an astrophysical observatory, located high in the South Caucasian mountains, fights against apocalypse to preserve the knowledge of previous generations, for the sake of his own granddaughter who is the only other survivor of great pollution caused by an unknown meteor. An old man and his granddaughter are the only survivors for their knowledge, living alone on an non-polluted island of the Georgian Mountains. At a great risk to his health the grandfather travels to polluted areas to gather supplies and pass all the knowledge on, necessary for the child's survival.
The Observatory
2026
2010s · 3 titles
6.1Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
Hostages
2017
4.4Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.
A Fold in My Blanket
2013
6.0A 50-year-old housewife, Manana, struggles with her dilemma - she has to choose between her family life and her passion, writing, which she had repressed for years - she decides to follow her passion and plunges herself into writing, sacrificing to it mentally and physically.
Scary Mother
2017
1990s · 2 titles
1980s · 8 titles
7.1The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
Repentance
1987
6.3Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.
Migrations
1989
6.6A man prays in a forest to mourn over the recent death of his wife. He is kidnapped by an enemy tribe, leaving his children completely alone. The enemy tribesmen demand payment for his release. Will the man live?
Children of Sin
1989
NRThe film tells the story of a chess coach who establishes a strong women's chess school in Georgia. The film is not biographical, although the prototype of the main character is the famous coach Vakhtang Karseladze.
Lantern in the Wind
1987
4.8The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.
The Way Home
1981
4.8Thirties. Arriving from a provincial town in Moscow, Leka Khrapova did not enroll in law school, as her mother wanted, but entered acting. During her studies, she became interested in the “stargazer” and the sensualist from the observatory, but married a silent and reliable documentary cameraman. Leka left her husband twice and, burned by her mistakes, returned. But one day she didn’t return...
Bird Flight
1989
7.0A 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
NRLazar helped grandma Varo, who came to the city from the village, fill out a sports lotto ticket. A few days later, the young man discovered that this particular ticket was the winning one. Without thinking twice, he went in search of grandmother...
Spring
1985
1970s · 3 titles
10.0A lonely provincial man asks his childhood friends to come to his hometown. He is forced to explain the reason for their gathering to his surprised friends by the unexpected invitation.
Like a Morning Mist
1976
9.5An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.
Adventures of Lazare
1973
The film depicts the first years of the establishment of Soviet power in Georgia. The spiritual cataclysms caused by social transformations. The daughter of a prince is forced to marry a newly rich winemaker, but their incompatibility is obvious and the union is hopeless.
მყუდრო სავანე
1971
1960s · 1 titles
Series credits
6.3Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.
Archangel
2005
5.2A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. The film's title is taken from the book of the same name by Miguel Unamuno.
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
1988


