Zura Kipshidze

Acting

Zura Kipshidze

Born

1953-10-08 (73)

Place of birth

Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

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.

Known for

My Wife's Girlfriends poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

My Wife's Girlfriends

2012

Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum! poster
8.4

The year is 1993. 14-year-old Alex Ryabinin lives a normal teenage life - looking for adventure, trying to protect himself from hooligans, does not want learn music, does not know how to meet girls and which adults to follow as an example. On the one hand - an honest but poor family with a saleswoman mother and a father who is a docent, on the other - the dangerous world of an Afghan veteran Uncle Alik. And there's also the girl Zhenya, whose encounter triggers a series of irreversible events that will forever change the life of Alex. Running away from hooligans, Alex steals a car of local criminal authority, and in an instant everything changes. Will he be able to cope with all the problems, being in the heart of events? Will he be able to save his family and finally understand who he is? Only one thing is clear - life will never be the same again. Not for Alex himself, nor for the whole of Russia.

Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum!

2020

Drongo poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Drongo

2002

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho poster
5.2

A 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

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

Nurnberg poster
5.3

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

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 7 titles

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

The Puppet Syndrome poster
6.0

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

The Puppet Syndrome

2015

Izzy and the Magician poster
NR

After a strange event, when the film's big characters become smaller, they begin an investigation and come to an interesting answer...

Izzy and the Magician

2019

Golden Thread poster
7.0

Elene is an 80-year-old writer who lives with her family, forced to stay home due to health conditions. Her comfort is cracked when her daughter's mother-in-law, Miranda, a former Soviet official, moves into the apartment, and Elene receives an unexpected call from an old love interest, Archil.

Golden Thread

2019

Symphony of the Truth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Symphony of the Truth

2017

No artwork available
NR

Movie Overview (English) - Required (minimum 10 characters)

ტრაქტორი

2013

2000s · 9 titles

A Trip To Karabakh 2 Conflict Zone poster
8.0

The Soviet Union has collapsed. Civil and ethnic wars have broken out in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, three republics in the Caucasus. The post-Soviet Caucasus have turned into one large conflict zone. Two radically different people with different ideals, problems, and goals are united by the conflict zone. Gogliko, a Tbilisi street boy, and Spartak, a Sukhumi sniper, are forced to solve problems of the street and problems of the state together. For one, the goal is to get back the money he lost gambling; for the other, it is to carry out a general's absurd military mission. In spite of it all, their paths cross and their lives are changed forever.

A Trip To Karabakh 2 Conflict Zone

2009

The Girl from SLIDE poster
2.0

Action of the film takes place in the capital city of Georgia. The film leading character is Zuzu, a young successful businessman, owner and manager of Iberia Business Group. Zuzu has close relationship with advertising and modeling business representatives, he is a part of their circle and the darling of ladies. However, as it turns out, he is a knight and even a big adventurer for the sake of love.

The Girl from SLIDE

2009

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

The Miracle poster
4.8

The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956 and known as the "Standing Zoe." During the holiday girl, without waiting her betrothed, removes the icon from the wall and Nicholas begins to dance with her, but suddenly freezes in place. This state continues for many months. Residents of the provincial town are frightened by this extraordinary event, which is cluttered with rumors and speculation. To try to understand the situation, there goes metropolitan newspaper journalist ...

The Miracle

2009

Mysteries poster
7.0

What happens if a man takes away his favorite doll.

Mysteries

2000

კიდევ ერთი ქართული ისტორია poster
8.0

Movie Overview (English) - Required (minimum 10 characters)

კიდევ ერთი ქართული ისტორია

2003

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

Anthim the Iberian poster
7.8

Anthim the Iberian - Antimoz Iverieli, a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the printing press of the prince of Wallachia, and was Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708-1715.

Anthim the Iberian

2001

1990s · 9 titles

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

Time of a Dancer poster
3.5

Events are unfolding in one of the hot spots of the Russia. The heroes of the film returned from the war. They are winners and losers, because they have forgotten how to live in peace. The war is over, but it is close and still kills. And they want to live so passionately. But how?

Time of a Dancer

1998

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

The Siege poster
10.0

In a desperate attempt to save his wife's life, Nestor Cerpa - leader of the Peruvian revolutionary movement - and his commandos stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima and took dozens of foreign diplomats and businessmen hostage for 126 days.

The Siege

1990

The Slain Soul poster
NR

The film tells the story of the difficult fate of the intelligentsia opposing ideological despotism.

The Slain Soul

1994

Express Information poster
7.0

Tragicomic 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

Ghosts of the Past poster
9.0

At the end of the 17th century, Georgia, weakened by war with foreign enemies and internal feudal disorder, came under the influence of Iran. Georgian kings had to fight under the Iranian flag. A similar fate befell King George XI. He was forced to spend most of his life in Afghanistan and Baluchistan to quell the revolts against Iran.

Ghosts of the Past

1996

No artwork available
9.0

The film depicts episodes from Galaktion Tabidze's dramatic, contradictory life.

Knight of the Order of Loneliness

1999

Death of Orfeus poster
8.0

Professor of entomology Vakhtang Itrieli published several articles in which he sharply condemned Georgian nationalism. He calls for civil harmony in the name of universal ideals. For this, he is persecuted by nationalists who threaten to expel him from the university. Vakhtang meets a girl Nina. She is sympathetic to Vakhtang's problems. He, in turn, feels that danger is hanging over the girl...

Death of Orfeus

1996

1980s · 17 titles

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 Lonely Hunter poster
6.2

A man tracks down the men who raped his wife.

The Lonely Hunter

1989

O My Homeland! poster
4.5

In 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

The Legend of the 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 the Suram Fortress

1985

Voyage of the Young Composer poster
5.5

The year is 1907. The young composer Nikusha sets out on a journey over the villages of Central Georgia to record folk songs. For this he provides himself with a map of the places he would like to visit. His accidental co-traveler is Leko Tatasheli who is convinced that the composer is on a mission of the revolutionary committee and his map is the plan of a future uprising…

Voyage of the Young Composer

1985

Song About Arsena poster
NR

The story of the robbery, betrayal, and death of Arsena Odzelashvili, a famous robber, protector and supporter of the poor, based on a folk poem.

Song About Arsena

1985

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

Accept The Challenge Signori! poster
8.0

A musical comedy based on Carlo Goldoni's play "The Innkeeper's Wife."

Accept The Challenge Signori!

1982

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

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

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

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

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

Stray Bullet poster
7.0

The film depicts the adventurous life of the civil war hero Vasil Kikvidze.

Stray Bullet

1980

The Adventures of Eli and Raru poster
7.0

The film tells the story of a little pony, Raru, who is rescued from danger by a little girl, Eli.

The Adventures of Eli and Raru

1986

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

The Nylon Christmas Tree poster
4.2

A group of people who happen to be on the same bus try to get home on the New Year's Eve, but their bus is delayed by numerous obstacles, and the tensions grow.

The Nylon Christmas Tree

1985

1970s · 6 titles

The Life poster
7.0

The 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

The Boxes poster
9.0

The boxes piled against the wall on one of the streets of Tbilisi fell down and disrupted traffic

The Boxes

1977

When Almonds Blossomed poster
5.9

Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself.

When Almonds Blossomed

1973

Gasoline Bottler poster
10.0

A young gas station attendant fills cars with spring water instead of gasoline. Miraculously, the engine runs perfectly and people become kinder.

Gasoline Bottler

1977

Daughters-Mothers poster
4.3

The young girl Olga Vasilyeva grew up in an orphanage. She never knew her mother and wants to find her. The only trace she has is a preserved letter from her mother from her personal file, which she managed to get from the administration of the orphanage. For a short vacation at her factory school, she travels from Sverdlovsk to Moscow following the unreliable traces of this letter. Yelena Alekseyevna — the woman she finds when she arrives at the address turns out to be a teacher in a ballet school, the wife of an ordinary senior teacher at the Moscow Technical Institute (who didn't defend his dissertation and is complacent about this) and an old-Moscow intellectual. She kindly meets her, but she is not the person Olga is looking for, she only has the same last name and first name and consonant middle name. She is kind and hospitable, ready to help the girl find her real mother and offers Olga to visit her house during a short stay in Moscow.

Daughters-Mothers

1975

The Land of the Ancestors poster
7.0

Second 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

Series credits

My Wife's Girlfriends poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

My Wife's Girlfriends

2012

Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum! poster
8.4

The year is 1993. 14-year-old Alex Ryabinin lives a normal teenage life - looking for adventure, trying to protect himself from hooligans, does not want learn music, does not know how to meet girls and which adults to follow as an example. On the one hand - an honest but poor family with a saleswoman mother and a father who is a docent, on the other - the dangerous world of an Afghan veteran Uncle Alik. And there's also the girl Zhenya, whose encounter triggers a series of irreversible events that will forever change the life of Alex. Running away from hooligans, Alex steals a car of local criminal authority, and in an instant everything changes. Will he be able to cope with all the problems, being in the heart of events? Will he be able to save his family and finally understand who he is? Only one thing is clear - life will never be the same again. Not for Alex himself, nor for the whole of Russia.

Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum!

2020

Drongo poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Drongo

2002

Life of Don Quichote and Sancho poster
5.2

A 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

27 Dragons poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

27 Dragons

2003

მგლების ხორუმი poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

მგლების ხორუმი

2003

Empire of the Wolves poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Empire of the Wolves

2018

K 17 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

K 17

2010

The Golden Spider poster
9.0

Investigating a daring robbery of a jewelry store, the investigative team of Colonel Ivan Georgadze uncovers strange connections between this crime and a case from the 1960s.

The Golden Spider

1992