
Directing
Mikheil Chiaureli
Born — Died
1894-01-25 — 1974-10-31
Place of birth
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Known for
Directing
Credits
46 titles
Soviet, Georgian film actor, theater, film, animation director, animator, screenwriter, sculptor, teacher; People's Artist of the USSR (1948). Winner of five Stalin Prizes (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950). In 1909 he graduated from the Tiflis vocational school. In 1912 he graduated from the Tiflis School of Painting and Sculpture (now the Tbilisi Academy of Arts), a student of Yakov Nikoladze. Since 1915 he worked in the theaters of Tiflis, Kutaisi and Batumi as an actor, director and artist. In 1917, under the guidance of the historian Ekvtime Takaishvili, together with the futurist poet Ilya Zdanevich, the artists Lado Gudiashvili and Dimitri Shevardnadze, he was on an expedition to the sout…
Known for
5.0Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
The Fall of Berlin
1950
5.4The only son of Otari’s widow decides to serve in the serf owner’s house, and falls in love with the patron’s daughter for whom he can’t reveal his feelings to.
Otar's Widow
1957
6.0An Young, inexperiences girl had decided to live in the countryside, but she can't find her place among gloomy, unfriendly locals, Can't manage to do her job well. and decides to return to the city. However, her family thinks that her return would be inappropriate for their traditions.
Story of Young Girl
1960
5.0The legend of the Suram Fortress.
The Surami Fortress
1922
8.5The poor man found a jug of butter and began to dream about how he would become rich now.…
Oil Jug
1972
6.3XIX century peasants' revolt and the life story of bandit Arsena Odzelashvili.
Arsena
1937
Film credits
1940s · 1 titles
1920s · 5 titles
5.0The legend of the Suram Fortress.
The Surami Fortress
1922
6.2Revolutionary uprising of Georgian laborers in 1905.
Arsena Georgiashvili
1921
5.2Prince bon-vivant Levan Phantiashvili finds himself in a difficult financial situation. To make his life better he agrees to marry the merchant Adam Varakhidze’s daughter, Elo. The merchant is happy for this move opens the door in a high society for him until he finds out that Elo is not quite happy with his decision.
Khanuma
1926
10.0In 1905, the son of a revolutionary executed by the king's government continues his father's work. Due to the events of 1917, he is arrested, but he manages to escape and calls the workers to revolt. The revolution broke out in Georgia as well. In these battles, the life of a revolutionary dies, at whose grave he takes an oath of loyalty to bright ideas.
At the Price of a Thousand
1925
4.8Love, adventure, and revolutionary uprising in 19th century Georgia.
Natela
1926
Behind the camera
5.0Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
The Fall of Berlin
1950
5.0Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
The Fall of Berlin
1950
5.4The only son of Otari’s widow decides to serve in the serf owner’s house, and falls in love with the patron’s daughter for whom he can’t reveal his feelings to.
Otar's Widow
1957
5.4The only son of Otari’s widow decides to serve in the serf owner’s house, and falls in love with the patron’s daughter for whom he can’t reveal his feelings to.
Otar's Widow
1957
6.0An Young, inexperiences girl had decided to live in the countryside, but she can't find her place among gloomy, unfriendly locals, Can't manage to do her job well. and decides to return to the city. However, her family thinks that her return would be inappropriate for their traditions.
Story of Young Girl
1960
6.0An Young, inexperiences girl had decided to live in the countryside, but she can't find her place among gloomy, unfriendly locals, Can't manage to do her job well. and decides to return to the city. However, her family thinks that her return would be inappropriate for their traditions.
Story of Young Girl
1960
8.5The poor man found a jug of butter and began to dream about how he would become rich now.…
Oil Jug
1972
8.5The poor man found a jug of butter and began to dream about how he would become rich now.…
Oil Jug
1972
6.3XIX century peasants' revolt and the life story of bandit Arsena Odzelashvili.
Arsena
1937
6.3XIX century peasants' revolt and the life story of bandit Arsena Odzelashvili.
Arsena
1937
5.8In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
The Great Dawn
1938
5.8In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
The Great Dawn
1938
8.0The events of the film take place during the First World War in 1917 on the Caucasian front. First cornet of the military orchestra Streshnev, not interested in politics faithfully serves his stern commander Colonel Garaburde.
First Cornet Streshnev
1928
5.5A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.
The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951
5.5A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.
The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951
4.0The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.
The Vow
1946
4.0The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.
The Vow
1946
5.5March 9th, 1953. A gray, sad day. Clouds float low over the Kremlin towers. A city that unrecognizably grew, prettier and matured - this Moscow froze in solemn grief. The country escorts its father and leader, Joseph Stalin.
Velikoye proshchaniye
1953
5.5The young craftsman Gogia and the village girl Tasia fall in love with each other. Arriving in Tasia's village accompanied by a wedding procession, Gogia Can't find his bride anymore, Turns out by the order of Tasia's godmother, the duke's wife, she was taken to the duke's house as a servant. The elderly duke liked Tasia and decided to marry her. Gogia with the help of his friends, Karachokheli, tries to get his bride back.
You Can't See What You Have Seen
1965
5.5The young craftsman Gogia and the village girl Tasia fall in love with each other. Arriving in Tasia's village accompanied by a wedding procession, Gogia Can't find his bride anymore, Turns out by the order of Tasia's godmother, the duke's wife, she was taken to the duke's house as a servant. The elderly duke liked Tasia and decided to marry her. Gogia with the help of his friends, Karachokheli, tries to get his bride back.
You Can't See What You Have Seen
1965
7.0The cat sits in the street dreaming. A group of three mice run out of the hole and boldly go to the cat. They tease him and grab his tail, but the cat seems completely absorbed in his dreams and does not notice them at all.
How Mice Buried a Cat
1969
7.0The cat sits in the street dreaming. A group of three mice run out of the hole and boldly go to the cat. They tease him and grab his tail, but the cat seems completely absorbed in his dreams and does not notice them at all.
How Mice Buried a Cat
1969
5.3A rework of Boris Sigal's play The Trial of Stepan Korolev. Set in Tbilisi rather than Leningrad is a morality tale about the hazards of alcohol consumption that is nonetheless not without humor.
Saba
1929
9.0A simple Polish man, Władek Lekowski, a former pilot, finds himself in exile after World War II due to a ridiculous accident. Poor and without a job or shelter, he sleeps on the beach. There, he meets and falls in love with Zosia, another Polish emigrant. Determined to get Zosia out of the bar where she works, performing “a little acrobatics and a little undressing,” Władek embarks on a mysterious mission as part of an airplane crew. During the flight, it becomes clear that he has fallen into the hands of militarists and the plane is supposed to drop a bomb on the Soviet Union. Realising that the fate of World War III now rests in his hands, Władek is forced to confront his own actions and the consequences of his choices.
General and Daisies
1963
5.0The 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
5.8The revolutionary struggle of the Georgian proletariat is the central theme of this story. The narrative follows the life and fate of a young revolutionary named Mito. After the Mensheviks disrupt a railway strike, Mito is sentenced to three years in prison, and his father is executed. During his time in prison, Mito shares a cell with an old Bolshevik, which transforms the hot-headed and unstable young man into a conscious Bolshevik. Soon, World War I begins, and Mito, who has just been released from prison, is sent to war.
The Last Masquerade
1934
5.8The revolutionary struggle of the Georgian proletariat is the central theme of this story. The narrative follows the life and fate of a young revolutionary named Mito. After the Mensheviks disrupt a railway strike, Mito is sentenced to three years in prison, and his father is executed. During his time in prison, Mito shares a cell with an old Bolshevik, which transforms the hot-headed and unstable young man into a conscious Bolshevik. Soon, World War I begins, and Mito, who has just been released from prison, is sent to war.
The Last Masquerade
1934
7.0The story of how a Rooster married a deaf-mute Chicken and, with the help of surgery, restored her speech.
The Rooster Surgeon
1970
7.0The story of how a Rooster married a deaf-mute Chicken and, with the help of surgery, restored her speech.
The Rooster Surgeon
1970
8.01918 year. One of the southern cities is captured by the Whites. An underground Bolshevik committee is preparing an armed uprising in the city.
At the Last Hour
1929
10.0When the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is holy to them.
Out of the Way!
1931
10.0When the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is holy to them.
Out of the Way!
1931
NRAn animated film about cubs who did not know how to carefully play with their toys and constantly broke them.
Offended Toys
1949
NRThe story of how a cunning rabbit tricked a formidable lion.
The Resourceful Hare
1973
NRThe story of how a cunning rabbit tricked a formidable lion.
The Resourceful Hare
1973
NRA satirical animated film about the shortcomings in modern construction.
Home
1974
7.5A World War II era Soviet war film, focusing on the role of the Red Navy rather than land forces, and reviving the 1920s concept of the collective hero.
The Last Hill
1944
7.0Based on a Georgian folk tale.
The Flea and the Ant
1971
7.0Based on a Georgian folk tale.
The Flea and the Ant
1971


