Irakli KVIRIKADZE
Ираклий КВИРИКАДЗЕ
Irakli KVIRIKADZE
USSR (Georgia), 1991, 80mn 
Colour, fiction
Puteshestvie tovarishcha Stalina v Afriku
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Путешествие товарища Сталина в Африку

 

 The Journey of Comrade Stalin to Africa

 Le Voyage du camarade Staline en Afrique

Other titles : Amkhanag Stalinis mogzauroba aprikashi, Comrade Stalin goes to Africa
 
Directed by : Irakli KVIRIKADZE (Ираклий КВИРИКАДЗЕ)
Writing credits : Irakli KVIRIKADZE (Ираклий КВИРИКАДЗЕ)
 
Cast
Ramaz CHKHIKVADZE (Рамаз ЧХИКВАДЗЕ)
Ramaz GIORGOBIANI (Рамаз ГИОРГОБИАНИ)
Grigoris KARANTINAKIS (Григорас КАРАНТИНАКИС)
Zurab KIPSHIDZE (Зураб КИПШИДЗЕ)
Yelena KOSTINA (Елена КОСТИНА)
Soso LAGIDZE (Сосо ЛАГИДЗЕ)
Zhenri LOLASHVILY (Жанри ЛОЛАШВИЛИ)
 
Cinematography : Denis EVSTIGNEYEV (Денис ЕВСТИГНЕЕВ)
Production design : Georgi MIKELADZE (Георгий МИКЕЛАДЗЕ)
Music : Irakli KVIRIKADZE (Ираклий КВИРИКАДЗЕ)
Sound : Guram SHUBLADZE (Гурам ШУБЛАДЗЕ)
Companies : Grouzia-film, ASK (Грузия-фильм, "АСК")
 
language géorgien
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
In 1953 when Stalin’s health drastically deteriorated, his immediate associates decided to find his double who could attend meetings and parades. A provincial god-fearing Jew Moisei Pichkhadze was chosen for the part. He was placed in an empty house in the mountains and the preparation began. When the leader died his double became dangerous since he now knew what he was not supposed to know. Thus another Soviet citizen disappeared without a trace…
 

commentaries
«Смерть Сталина»: Еще 10 фильмов о кончине советского вождя [10 films du monde sur la mort de Staline], Максим СЕМЕНОВ, Kinopoisk, 2018
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Stalin in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1991

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