Zura Kipshidze

Acting

Zura Kipshidze

Born 1953-10-08 · Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR

Zurab Kipshidze is a Georgian film and theatre actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1966 and 2009. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.

Acting credits

Hard to Be a God poster
6.5

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.

Hard to Be a God

2014

A Fold in My Blanket poster
4.4

Dmitrij 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

Nurnberg poster
5.6

1945. The International Military Tribunal begins its work in Nuremberg. A huge number of people from all over the world come to the trial, which will later be called the Trial of the Century: the city is crowded with journalists, lawyers, translators, witnesses and many participants and employees of the process.

Nurnberg

2023

Matsi Khvitia poster
7.9

It’s about a 13th-century Georgian legendary avenger, the noble robber Matsi Khvitia, who bravely fought against the princes’ arbitrary rule.

Matsi Khvitia

1966

თამაში ათისთვის poster
NR

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თამაში ათისთვის

2022

Wine Reflections poster
NR

A French policeman, a wine grower from Georgia, a couple of young actors in London, an Italian priest. Four stories of change in people through the prism of a drink that accompanies human passions for 8000 years.

Wine Reflections

2021

Children of Sin poster
6.6

A 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

Mysteries poster
7.0

What happens if a man takes away his favorite doll.

Mysteries

2000

Memento Mori poster
NR

Mary's life forever changes after she is diagnosed with deadly disease. A young girl who now lives with her father long ago lost a loving mother, from that day on their life turned to total misery, until the day they found the will and courage to carry on.

Memento Mori

2021

The Way Home poster
4.8

The 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

Argonauts poster
4.0

A modern version of the plot from ancient Greek myths about the journey of the Argonauts from Hellas to Colchis for the Golden Fleece.

Argonauts

1986

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

Comrade Stalin Goes to Africa poster
5.4

A mockumentary mixing actual private footage of Stalin with reconstructed dramatic sequences featuring doubles.

Comrade Stalin Goes to Africa

1991

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

No artwork available
NR

A young man, who loses his friend in a strange city goes to his funeral by train. The thoughts about his friend change like a scenery outside his window. The reality mixes with the unreal.

The train

1984

No artwork available
NR

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ტრაქტორი

2013

The Train Went on and on poster
4.0

This is the story of the Tbilisi-Batumi train, which, due to a switchman's mistake, first enters the line of occupation of the Georgian region of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, then the train enters the city of Chiatura.

The Train Went on and on

2005

The Train Went on and on poster
4.0

This is the story of the Tbilisi-Batumi train, which, due to a switchman's mistake, first enters the line of occupation of the Georgian region of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, then the train enters the city of Chiatura.

The Train Went on and on

2005

Three Houses poster
7.0

hree stories happening in three different centuries, revolve around a mysterious painting entitled "Two Owls". In the 19th century thread, a man living in a big mansion is worried about his brother whose wife died a while ago. The brother however behaves as if she was still alive. A befriended psychiatrist is being called for help in order to examine the phenomenon in long conversations. He has to recognize however that the man's behavior doesn't harm anyone. He actually offers a painting to the doctor which his wife allegedly just finished: it's called "Two Owls". The painting reappears in the midst of World War II. A woman finds it in the apartment of her husband's lover. The general of the Red Army was just found dead there. He died in the arms of his concubine. Torn between ambiguous feelings of grief and anger the widow has to make a decision. She also needs to retain her composure as the military police is already waiting outside. The last story happens in present time.

Three Houses

2008

For Those Who Like to Solve Crosswords poster
7.3

Major Zaza is investigating a routine criminal case: murder for the purpose of robbery. However, his adversary is cunning and ruthless, a dangerous and cynical repeat offender nicknamed “The Intellectual.” Exposing this cunning criminal is proving difficult.

For Those Who Like to Solve Crosswords

1981

Bravo, Alber Lolish! poster
10.0

Alik Lolishvili, who lives in old Tiflis, is a very interesting person, he is fond of all kinds of technical innovations and is a tireless fighter for technological progress. He is introduced by Albert Lolisch and advertises bicycles in the city, and then, together with the daughter of the local city rich man Betty Zandukeli, opens an office for the rental of this new car. At first, residents think that Albert Lolish is a rich and successful French businessman who came to provincial Georgia, as well as Betty's lover, who is fascinated by such a dandy. But the bike business is failing, and residents realize that Albert is a real adventurer.

Bravo, Alber Lolish!

1987

Lucky Village poster
8.0

The film confession of a man born during World War 2, who grew up under Stalin and reached maturity during the Brezhnev stagnation period. An exploration of the problems of man's inner freedom.

Lucky Village

1992

Giga, Angel, Snowball and Others poster
NR

Adults have no time for little Giga. Only a strange stranger, who turns out to be an angel, and his funny dog ​​become his friends. Together they manage to find the lost angel wings.

Giga, Angel, Snowball and Others

1989

The Lonely Hunter poster
6.2

A man tracks down the men who raped his wife.

The Lonely Hunter

1989