
Acting
Ipolite Khvichia
Born — Died
1910-06-15 — 1985-02-01
Place of birth
Kintauri, Russian Empire
Known for
Acting
Credits
43 titles
Ipolite Khvichia was Georgian actor, People's Artist of Georgia.
Known for
7.6Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Fuse
1962
7.0A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood.
Data Tutashkhia
1977
7.5Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
Mimino
1977
4.2Visiting Slovakian Racha to get antiquated with Slovakian wine-making techniques, Rachvelian from Georgia, Zauri, falls in love with Slovak Darina. Consequentially, when Darina visits Georgia, Zauri does his best to make her also love him.
Racha, My Love
1977
6.2Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a beautiful Manette who is also crazy about him but is being watched closely by her father who called his daughter "his small capital" and is determined to protect her virginity until the moment the marriage contract has been signed...
Don't Grieve!
1968
8.5Film is about conflicts between neighbours and a celebration of love.
Romeo, My Neighbour
1964
Film credits
1970s · 16 titles
7.5Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
Mimino
1977
4.2Visiting Slovakian Racha to get antiquated with Slovakian wine-making techniques, Rachvelian from Georgia, Zauri, falls in love with Slovak Darina. Consequentially, when Darina visits Georgia, Zauri does his best to make her also love him.
Racha, My Love
1977
10.0A group of rebel peasants rebels against the Menshevik government. They are led by Parnaoz Morchadze. Their uprising fails. The rebels take refuge in the forest. Parnaoz is eventually brutally murdered. Red Army units enter the city. In the street, comrades mourn Parnaoz, who did not live to see the victory.
Before Dawn
1971
6.0A sixteen novels about a life of a people in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
Tbilisi and Her Citizens
1976
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
5.1Zambakhov tries to marry his ugly daughter to a young man who just returned to town.
Troubles
1971
Ipolite and Bagrat are competing with each other to buy a pig. Ipolite will win and take the pig home, however pig related adventures don't end there.
Neighbors
1971
5.7A film about the first football team to be formed in Georgia, based in Poti at the beginning of XX century.
The First Swallow
1975
6.0Dato, in love with Eka, the daughter of the tax collector Ippolite, finds himself in danger. Surrounded by assailants, Ippolite, in a misunderstanding, believes Dato to be a bandit and attempts to capture him, intending to hand him over to the police. Despite this, Dato and Eka, who have often found themselves in trouble, manage to get married without Ippolite’s consent. Seeing Dato as his son-in-law deeply upsets Ippolite, but as the truth unravels, the happy couple embarks on their honeymoon.
A Happy Romance
1972
10.0A young gas station attendant fills cars with spring water instead of gasoline. Miraculously, the engine runs perfectly and people become kinder.
Gasoline Bottler
1977
5.0After Asiat refuses to marry a much older rich man to whom she was betrothed since childhood, her father kicks her out of the house. She leaves for Makhachkala to study and falls in love with the young Yusup.
The Mountain Woman
1975
9.0Ololi, a young actress, returns to her family and hometown after separating from her husband. Her father's colleague wants to marry her, but his desire is driven more by ambition than genuine affection. However, Ololi falls in love with someone else, a young driver named Guja. Guja loves Ololi as well, but he struggles against societal judgment, which looks down upon the profession of an actress.
Star of My Town
1970
6.8A man is put in charge of organizing a children's soccer team, but he doesn't know anything about the sport.
Feola
1970
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Gardens of Semiramide
1970
The police warn the editorial staff that if their forgotten motorcycle does not cover three thousand kilometers in ten days, it will be confiscated. No one knows how to ride a motorcycle except for intern Sandro. Sandro joins his friend Mito and grandfather Ardalion and sets off on a journey. Many interesting adventures await them on the way...
Errant knights
1975
Institute employee Jaba Imedadze has a conflict with a dishonest thesis seeker, and family troubles are also involved. At this time, Jaba is offered an experiment in the countryside - in his native village, a favorite job and desirable people await him.
Ripe Bunches
1974
1960s · 21 titles
6.2Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a beautiful Manette who is also crazy about him but is being watched closely by her father who called his daughter "his small capital" and is determined to protect her virginity until the moment the marriage contract has been signed...
Don't Grieve!
1968
8.5Film is about conflicts between neighbours and a celebration of love.
Romeo, My Neighbour
1964
6.2In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again.
I See the Sun
1965
5.4A film crew arrives in Georgia’s mountainous Khevsureti region. Lali Mindeli, a famous pop singer and film star who wants to know more about her character, walks around in traditional Khevsurian costume and rides horses. During the making of the film, she meets Vakhtang, but instead of introducing herself she tells him that she is Lali’s twin sister. Vakhtang falls in love and says he is ready to move to Khevsureti, making Lali realize that she’s playing a risky game with him.
Meeting in Mountains
1967
7.0A naive girl finds a notebook containing plans for possible murders. She sets out to find everyone mentioned in it and warn them of their prospective gruesome deaths.
Excuse Me! You Are About to Die
1966
7.0In the early twenties, with the advent of Soviet power, a difficult period of collectivization began in a small Georgian mountain village. Nino leaves his native village. Years pass, becoming a famous surgeon, she comes to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the collective farm. On the day of her arrival, an unknown tramp is found in serious condition on the riverbank. Upon starting the operation, Nino recognizes this man as her ex-husband. The surgeon's thoughts go back to those distant days...
Meeting With The Past
1967
7.7Sandro Koridze, the manager of the trust, is a bureaucrat, flatterer, and coward who prioritises his own well-being. One day, while walking outside the city, he accidentally hits a calf with his car. Terrified, believing he has killed someone, Sandro flees into the mountains.
Mole
1962
6.3A respected philatelist is murdered in his own apartment, leaving only one inconspicuous stamp stolen from his collection. The seemingly unmotivated murder leads prosecutors on a trail of a dangerous criminal.
Death of a Philatelist
1969
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
NRThe male choir enthusiastically welcomed the new conductor, a charming young woman.
Male Choir
1968
8.2The film is about the painful feeling of unrequited love and introduces us to the episode of the life of a young, virtuous and intelligent doctor, who is tired of the monotony of life.
Someone Is Running Late For The Bus
1967
7.7Returning from the army, Pierre starts working for the police. Before joining the army, he loved his neighbor Tina, who moved to another city. One day a house is being broken into and Pierre is wounded by criminals.
Pierre, a Policeagent
1965
No synopsis available yet.
გზაში
1964
8.0In order to increase yield in the collective farm, the process of renewal of grape varieties is underway, this process also applies to homestead vineyards. Pioneers also help elders. Papa Gigia understands the importance of the process, but he does not want to cut a vineyard on his homestead because of the memories of his youth. His grandson, Dato, who doesn't want to lag behind his comrades, starts pruning the vineyard arbitrarily, for which Papa severely punishes him. But when Dato's behavior becomes the object of criticism by the pioneers, Papa forgives his grandson and cuts the remaining vine himself.
Papa Gigia
1960
6.0The work-relate conflict between father and son disrupts the order of previously peaceful family.
The City Wakes Up Early
1968
5.2Meliton Beltadze only son Reziko opera singer, has neither the talent nor the desire, but for the sake of the mother's grandmother and studied at the Conservatoire. Reziko first test of the household could not steal a father and son reveals. Melitoni troubled his friend, the director complained to the toy factory and asks the child to receive a temporary work. Factory Reziko true talent is revealed, its currently outstanding dolls quickly attracts attention. Factory accidentally found his calling with the young man that finds here first.
The Dolls Are Laughing
1963
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
8.0Nodar, the man with a fickle character, leaves his wife and children in the village and goes to Kutaisi in search of his fortune. His friend Givi advises Nodar to return to his family, but Nodar wants to live in the city and will start working as a manager of a car factory dancer's circle.
My Friend Nodar
1969
7.0The film tells the story of an accountant who is fanatically in love with football, who will go through many curious adventures full of misunderstandings before he gets to the desired match.
A Ball and a Pitch
1962
6.0Hardworking, honest Saulia and his young wife Fundu are living happy lives, but once while plowing, Saulia finds a precious treasure buried in the ground, and after that he is completely changed.
Treasure
1961
1950s · 4 titles
5.8Potter's son Gogita moves from his distant village Sabudara to the town. Knowledge obtained from his father and his personal qualities help Gogita on his difficult way towards professional success and beautiful Tebrole's heart.
Young One From Sabudara
1958
5.4The film tells the story of the adventures of the usual mischievous girl, full of tricks, which will promote the love of a blind elderly grandmother and grandfather, lies misled those around you. But naturally kind and intelligent child soon he realizes that would be to all people and has promised that from now on will become a model pupil
Manana
1958
NRA 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
5.6A lyrical story about the people of neighborhood in Tbilisi.
In Our Courtyard
1956
Series credits
7.6Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Fuse
1962
7.0A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood.
Data Tutashkhia
1977
