Mikheil Chiaureli

Mikheil Chiaureli

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 southern regions of Georgia (Turkey). Archaeological activities were held in the churches of Ishkhan, Oshki and Khakhuli. In 1921, he participated in the organization of the Theater of Revolutionary Satire at the Georgian branch of ROSTA. From 1922 to 1924 he lived in Germany, where he worked in sculpture workshops, after which from 1924 to 1926 he worked as a sculptor in Tiflis (the author of the first sculpture of V. Lenin in Georgia). From 1926 to 1928 - actor and director of the "Workers' Theatre", "Red Theater" under Proletkult. From 1926 to 1941, he was the director and artistic director of the Georgian Theater of Musical Comedy named after V. Abashidze, organized by him in 1934 together with David Dzneladze on the basis of the mobile musical and drama theater "Kopteatr", which existed since 1926. Since 1928, he was the director of the trust JSC Goskinoprom of Georgia (since 1938 - the Tbilisi Film Studio, now - Georgia-Film), since 1940 - the artistic director of this studio. In 1946-1955 he was the director of the Mosfilm film studio, in 1955-1957 - the Sverdlovsk film studio. He taught at the film acting school at the Tbilisi Film Studio, in 1950-1960 - a teacher at VGIK (Moscow) (since 1951 - professor). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1-3 convocations (1937-1954). He died on October 31, 1974 at the age of 81 in Tbilisi. He was buried in the Pantheon of Georgian Cultural Figures on Mount Mtatsminda.

  • Title: Mikheil Chiaureli
  • Popularity: 0.476
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1894-01-25
  • Place of Birth: Tiflis, Russian Empire
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  • Also Known As: Михаил Чиаурели, Mikhail Chiaureli, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, М. Чиаурели
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Mikheil Chiaureli Movies

  • 1921
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    Arsena Georgiashvili (murder of General Griaznov)

    Arsena Georgiashvili (murder of General Griaznov)

    5.2 1921 HD

    Revolutionary uprising of Georgian laborers in 1905.

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  • 1940
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    Our Cinema

    Our Cinema

    9 1940 HD

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  • 1926
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    Khanuma

    Khanuma

    3.7 1926 HD

    Prince bon-vivant Levan Phantiashvili finds himself in a difficult financial situation. To make his life better he agrees to marry the merchant Adam...

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  • 1926
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    Natela

    Natela

    2.8 1926 HD

    Love, adventure, and revolutionary uprising in 19th century Georgia.

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  • 1922
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    The Suram Fortress

    The Suram Fortress

    4.6 1922 HD

    The legend of the Suram Fortress.

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  • 1963
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    General and Daisies

    General and Daisies

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    General and Daisies

    General and Daisies

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1960
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    Story of Young Girl

    Story of Young Girl

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1969
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    How Mice Buried a Cat

    How Mice Buried a Cat

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    How Mice Buried a Cat

    How Mice Buried a Cat

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1929
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    At the Last Hour

    At the Last Hour

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1965
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    You Can't See What You Have Seen

    You Can't See What You Have Seen

    4 1965 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Unforgettable Year 1919

    The Unforgettable Year 1919

    5.2 1951 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Last Masquerade

    The Last Masquerade

    5.2 1934 HD

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  • 1960
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    Story of Young Girl

    Story of Young Girl

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Vow

    The Vow

    3.5 1946 HD

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  • 1938
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    Друг

    Друг

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1931
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    Out of the Way!

    Out of the Way!

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1948
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    Keto and Kote

    Keto and Kote

    3.3 1948 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Last Masquerade

    The Last Masquerade

    5.2 1934 HD

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  • 1965
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    You Can't See What You Have Seen

    You Can't See What You Have Seen

    4 1965 HD

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  • 1926
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    Samanishvili's Stepmother

    Samanishvili's Stepmother

    2 1926 HD

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  • 1937
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    Arsena

    Arsena

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Great Dawn

    The Great Dawn

    5.4 1938 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Fall of Berlin

    The Fall of Berlin

    5.1 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Otar's Widow

    Otar's Widow

    3.8 1957 HD

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  • 1937
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    Arsena

    Arsena

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Unforgettable Year 1919

    The Unforgettable Year 1919

    5.2 1951 HD

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  • 1929
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    Saba

    Saba

    5.2 1929 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Vow

    The Vow

    3.5 1946 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Fall of Berlin

    The Fall of Berlin

    5.1 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    Velikoye proshchaniye

    Velikoye proshchaniye

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1942
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    George Saakadze

    George Saakadze

    3.8 1942 HD

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  • 1931
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    Out of the Way!

    Out of the Way!

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Flea and the Ant

    The Flea and the Ant

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Flea and the Ant

    The Flea and the Ant

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1944
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    When Goebbels Is Not Lying

    When Goebbels Is Not Lying

    1 1944 HD

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