Director,
Writer,
Actor
Born 1930, USSR (Georgia)
 
Died 2019
Georgi DANELIYA
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Георгий Николаевич ДАНЕЛИЯ
Gueorgui DANELIA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2013 - Ku! Kin-dza-dza (Ку! Кин-дза-дза-дза) [animation]
2000 - Fortuna (Фортуна) [fiction, 87 mn]
1995 - Heads and Tails (Орел и решка) [fiction, 87 mn]
1993 - Nastya (Настя) [fiction, 89 mn]
1990 - Passport (Паспорт) [fiction, 103 mn]
1986 - Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза!) [fiction, 135 mn]
1982 - Tears Dripped (Слезы капали) [fiction, 89 mn]
1979 - The Autumn Marathon (Осенний марафон) [fiction, 94 mn]
1977 - Mimino (Мимино) [fiction, 97 mn]
1975 - Afonya (Афоня) [fiction, 92 mn]
1973 - Hopelessly Lost (Совсем пропащий) [fiction, 98 mn]
1969 - Cheer Up / Don't Grieve (Не горюй!) [fiction, 94 mn]
1968 - S natury (С натуры) [fiction, 1 mn]
1967 - Malyar (Маляр) [fiction]
1967 - Melochi zhizni (Мелочи жизни) [fiction, short film]
1967 - Problema (Проблема) [fiction]
1965 - Thirty Three (Тридцать три) [fiction, 77 mn]
1963 - I Walk Around Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве) [fiction, 78 mn]
1962 - The Way to the Moorage (Путь к причалу) [fiction, 89 mn]
1960 - Seryozha (Сережа) [fiction, 80 mn]
1959 - Also people (Тоже люди) [fiction, short film]
 
Writer
2013 - Ku! Kin-dza-dza (Ку! Кин-дза-дза-дза) from Georgi DANELIYA , Tatyana ILYNA [animation]
2005 - Anna (Анна) from Yevgeni GINZBURG [fiction, 100 mn]
2000 - Fortuna (Фортуна) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 87 mn]
1998 - Hello from Trumpeter Charlie (Привет от Чарли-трубача) from Vladimir GRAMMATIKOV [fiction, 78 mn]
1995 - Heads and Tails (Орел и решка) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 87 mn]
1993 - Nastya (Настя) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 89 mn]
1990 - Passport (Паспорт) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 103 mn]
1988 - Frantsyz (Француз) from Galina YURKOVA-DANELIYA [fiction, 78 mn]
1986 - Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза!) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 135 mn]
1982 - Tears Dripped (Слезы капали) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 89 mn]
1977 - Mimino (Мимино) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 97 mn]
1973 - Hopelessly Lost (Совсем пропащий) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 98 mn]
1971 - Gentlemen Of Fortune / Gentlemen Of Luck (Джентльмены удачи) from Aleksandr SERY [fiction, 88 mn]
1965 - Thirty Three (Тридцать три) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 77 mn]
1963 - I Walk Around Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 78 mn]
1960 - Seryozha (Сережа) from Georgi DANELIYA , Igor TALANKIN [fiction, 80 mn]
1959 - Also people (Тоже люди) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, short film]
 
Actor
2013 - Ku! Kin-dza-dza (Ку! Кин-дза-дза-дза) from Georgi DANELIYA , Tatyana ILYNA [animation]
1986 - Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза!) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 135 mn]
1977 - Mimino (Мимино) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 97 mn]
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Author :

Awards :
People's Artist of the USSR, 1990.
Prize for the contribution to Russian Cinema, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Russia, 2003
Special Prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Russia, 1993
Fortuna :
Prize of the Festival President, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2000
Heads and Tails :
Special Jury prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1996
Passport :
Best Screenplay, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1991
The Autumn Marathon :
First prize, Festival international du film de comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez (ex Festival du film d'humour de Chamrousse), Alpe d'Huez (France), 1980
Pasinetti Award for Best Film, Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1979
Mimino :
First prize, Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 1977
Afonya :
Grand prix du Festival de l'URSS à Tachkent, 1975
1ère place par le nombre de spectateurs en 1975 (62.2 millions)
Mimino :
Prix de l’Union Soviétique, 1978
Prix d’Avellino, 1979
Cheer Up / Don't Grieve :
Prix Mak-del-Plata, 1970
The Autumn Marathon :
Grand prix du Festival de l'Union Soviétique, 1980
Seryozha :
Grand Prix au Festival de Karlovy Vary, 1960
I Walk Around Moscow :
Prix de la meilleure image au Festival de l’Union Soviétique, 1964
Prix spécial au Festival de Cannes, 1964
Premier prix au Festival de Milan, 1964
Prix spécial au Festival de Rome, 1966
Passport :
Grand Prix du Festival d'Odessa, 1990
Prix Nika du meileur scénario et de la meilleure image, et du meilleur rôle masculin à Oleg Yankovski, 1991
Prix Armarcord pour Gueorgui Danelia au Festival de Rome, 1996
Prix national de la Russie à Gueorgui Danelia, 1996

Biography
Georgi Daneliya is a Russian film director of Georgian descent, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his sad comedies (as he styles them), bittersweet as the life itself. In 1955 Danelia graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked briefly as an architect when he decided he would rather be in films. In 1956 he entered the Higher Director's Courses at the Mosfilm Studio where his teachers were Mikhail Romm, Sergei Yutkevich, Leonid Trauberg, Yuli Raizman, and Mikhail Kalatozov. In 1962 he debuted with The Way to the Wharf. His 1964 feature I Walk Down Moscow, starring Nikita Mikhalkov, is one of the most characteristic films of the Khrushchev Thaw. A fine blend of humor and melancholy he successfully used in 1969 comedy Don't Worry!. His most popular movies were probably Mimino (1977), about a Georgian pilot's adventures in Moscow, and The Autumn Marathon (1980), about a translator vacillating between his wife and mistress. In 1986 he directed a weird sci-fi feature, Kin-dza-dza!. Most of his films featured his then wife Lyuba Sokolova, which has been cited by the Guinness Book of Records as the most prolific film actress ever.
Source : seagullfilms.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Dix films soviétiques sous-estimés à regarder en ligne gratuitement Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2024, RUSSIA BEYOND
- 50 dessins animés ayant marqué l’histoire du cinéma russe et soviétique (vidéos) Maria TOKMACHEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix chansons iconiques issues des films soviétiques Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix grands films soviétiques sortis dans les années 1960 Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Квартира, класс, двор — и снова квартира: подростки советского кино в поисках настоящего продолженного [Les adolescents dans le cinéma soviétique] Ирина МАРГОЛИНА, 2023, kinoart.ru
- Рецензии / Мимино [Critiques du film Mimino, 1977, de Gueorgui DANELIA] 2023, Kinopoisk
- Georgia in my mind [Critique, en français, du film Mimino, 1977, de Gueorgui DANELIA] Pedro KANTOR, 2023, senscritique.com
- Les dix plus grands films soviétiques des années 1980 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Les treize plus grands films soviétiques et russes sur l’espace 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Top-14 des comédies soviétiques intemporelles à regarder en ligne avec des sous-titres 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Une légendaire comédie soviétique sur l’époque du dégel projetée à Paris [Je m'balade à Moscou, 1963, de Gueorgui Danielia] 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Ces navettes spatiales soviétiques et russes «conçues» par les cinéastes 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Новая экспедиция на планету Плюк [Re-sortie du film Kin-dza-dza, Gueorgui DANELIA, 1986] , Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, 2022, trud.ru
- Я шагаю по Москве. Возвращение в утопию [Livre sur le film Je m'balade à Moscou, 1963, de Gueorgui DANELIA] С. ДЕДИНСКИЙ, Н. РЯБЧИКОВА, 2022, «Подписные издания» и журнал «Искусство кино»
- Georgi Danelia: Passport (Pasport, 1990) , Julie CHRISTENSEN, 2022, Kinokultura
- Quand le cinéma soviétique puisait son inspiration dans les lettres françaises Maria SOKOLOVSKAIA, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Kin-dza-dza ! (1986) Julien MORVAN, 2021, Perestroikino
- Cinq œuvres cinématographiques d’URSS ayant subi les foudres de la censure Valeria PAÏKOVA, 2021, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Je m’balade dans Moscou (1964) Julien MORVAN, 2020, perestroikino.fr
- Kin-dza-dza ! [1986, Gueorgui Danielia] Un film légendaire tourné dans le désert de Karakoum Selbi TCHARYEVA, 2020, novastan.org
- Архитектура в кино Aleksandr Ostrogorskiy, 2020, Arzamas
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Cinq films sur Saint-Pétersbourg que vous devez absolument voir Elena BOBROVA, 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Top 7 des meilleurs films de science-fiction russes à regarder sans plus tarder Richard WESS, 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Afonya [de Gueorgui Danelia] – tragicomédie lyrique (1975) 2019, meetrussia.online
- «Я шагаю по Москве». 55 лет назад на экраны вышел легендарный фильм 2019, topspb.tv
- Le cosmos comme terrain de jeu : l’espace dans l’animation soviétique et russe , Birgit BEUMERS, Nina SPUTNITSKAYA, 2019, hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
- Kin-dza-dza!: The Soviet sci-fi satire that has stood the test of time Gennady USTIAN, 2016, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Georgii Daneliia and Tat’iana Il’ina: Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013) Sasha SENDEROVICH, 2014, Kinokultura
- «В игровом кино больше свободы». [О фильме Ку! Кин-дза-дза] , Georgi DANELIYA, 2013, seance.ru
- Вторая экспедиция на Плюк. [О фильме Ку! Кин-дза-дза] , Andrey PLAKHOV, 2013, kommersant.ru
- И опять Кин-дза-дза , Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, 2013, Труд
- Kin-Dza-Dza! [1986, de Gueorgui Danelia] 2012, psychovision.net
- Kin Dza Dza, une comédie de science-fiction russe de Georgi Danelia 2009, destination-russie.over-blog.com
- Le Festival du film d'humour Chamrousse mélancolique Claude FRANCILLON, 1980, Le Monde
- Je m'balade dans Moscou Ce ravissant film soviétique clôt la compétition Jean de BARONCELLI, 1964, Le Monde