Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Production designer
Born 1937, USSR
 
 
Georgi SHENGELAIA
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Георгий Николаевич ШЕНГЕЛАЯ
Gueorgui CHENGUELAIA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
1999 - Sikvaruli venakhshi (Любовь в винограднике) [fiction, 30 mn]
1997 - Strasti v atelye "Shakh" (Страсти в ателье "Шах") [fiction]
1996 - Death of Orfeus (Смерть Орфея) [fiction, 85 mn]
1987 - Khareba and Gogia (Хареба и Гоги) [fiction, 143 mn]
1985 - Trip of Young Composer (Путешествие молодого композитора) [fiction, 105 mn]
1976 - Come to Grape Valley (Приди в долину винограда) [fiction, 98 mn]
1973 - Melodies of the Veriyski quarter (Мелодии верийского квартала) [fiction, 98 mn]
1969 - Pirosmani (Пиросмани) [fiction, 86 mn]
1966 - He Didn't Want to Kill (Он убивать не хотел) [fiction, 92 mn]
1965 - Nagrada (Награда) [fiction, 30 mn]
1962 - Two Stories (Алавердоба) [fiction, 41 mn]
 
Writer
1999 - Sikvaruli venakhshi (Любовь в винограднике) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 30 mn]
1996 - Death of Orfeus (Смерть Орфея) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 85 mn]
1987 - Khareba and Gogia (Хареба и Гоги) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 143 mn]
1985 - Trip of Young Composer (Путешествие молодого композитора) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 105 mn]
1976 - Come to Grape Valley (Приди в долину винограда) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 98 mn]
1973 - Melodies of the Veriyski quarter (Мелодии верийского квартала) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 98 mn]
1969 - Pirosmani (Пиросмани) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 86 mn]
1966 - He Didn't Want to Kill (Он убивать не хотел) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 92 mn]
1965 - Nagrada (Награда) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 30 mn]
1962 - Two Stories (Алавердоба) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 41 mn]
 
Actor
1976 - Come to Grape Valley (Приди в долину винограда) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 98 mn]
1960 - Story of One Girl (Повесть об одной девушке) from Mikhail CHIAURELI [fiction, 85 mn]
1957 - Otarova Vdova (Отарова вдова) from Mikhail CHIAURELI [fiction, 72 mn]
 
Production designer
1985 - Trip of Young Composer (Путешествие молодого композитора) from Georgi SHENGELAIA [fiction, 105 mn]
 
Sites : Kino-teatr, IMDb
Awards :
 Artiste du peupe de Géorgie en 1985
Trip of Young Composer :
Best directing, Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1986
He Didn't Want to Kill :
Prix du meilleur film romantico-héroïque basé sur des faits historiques au Festival de Tbilissi,1967
Prix au Festival international de Bergame (Italie), 1967
Gazelle d'or au Festival des pays méditerranéens de Tanger, 1968
Pirosmani :
Grand Prix du Festival de Chicago, 1970
Trip of Young Composer :
Premier prix et Prix de la meilleure image au Festival national de l'Union Soviétique, 1985
Biography
Georgy Chenguelaïa was born on May 11, 1937. He graduated from VGIK (National Institute of Cinematography) in 1963. He was a student of Dovjenko and M. Tchaoureli. He first worked as an actor and then as a director from 1966.
 
Commentaries
- 10 great Georgian films Carmen GRAY, 2022, bfi.org.uk