Mikheil Chiaureli
Appearance
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Died | 31 October 1974 | (aged 80)
Resting place | Mtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi |
Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter |
Notable work | The Fall of Berlin (1949) |
Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1948) |
Spouse | Veriko Anjaparidze |
Children | Sofiko Chiaureli |
Awards | Stalin Prize (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950) |
Mikheil Chiaureli (Georgian: მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, Russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin Prize five times in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950.[1]
Biography
[edit]In early life Chiaureli studied in a trade school and then worked for a while as a locksmith. Starting in amateur dramatics he became a professional actor aged 20 and worked as both actor and stage-decorator at the Tbilisi theatre. After 1917 he studied acting formally at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts.
Chiaureli won four Stalin Prizes and became a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- as actor
- Arsen Dzhordjiashvili (1921) as star of the first Soviet film made in Georgia
- The Suram Fortress (1922)
- Iron Hard Labor (1924; Russian: Железная каторга)
- as director
- The First Cornet Streshnev (1928)
- Saba (1929)
- Khabarda (1931)
- The Last Masquerade (1934)
- Arsen (1937)
- The Great Dawn (1938)
- Georgi Saakadze (1942)
- Klyatva (The Vow) (1946)
- The Fall of Berlin (1949)
- The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1952)
- The Widow Otarova (1957)
- The Story of a Girl (1960)
- Generals and Daisies (1964)
- Any Other Time (1967)
References
[edit]- ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. pp. 1967–1968. ISBN 978-1838718497.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Soviet Calendar 1917-1947, Foreign Publishing House, Moscow 1947
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