Givi Berikashvili ( ka, გივი ბერიკაშვილი, 15 May 1933 – 10 April 2017) was a
Georgian
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film and theatre actor.
Born in the village of
Kolagi, now part of the
Gurjaani Municipality
Gurjaani ( ka, გურჯაანის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Gurjaanis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is an administrative-territorial unit in eastern Georgia, Kakheti region. Until 1917, the territory of Gurjaani municipal ...
, Berikashvili graduated from the
Georgian Institute of Theatre in 1956. Since then, he performed at the Drama Theatre of
Rustavi
Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...
, that of
Sukhumi
Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...
, and finally, at
Marjanishvili Theatre
Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre ( ka, კოტე მარჯანიშვილის სახელობის სახელმწიფო აკადემიური დრამატული თეატრი) i ...
in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
. His notable films include: ''Londre'', ''Wine Thieves'', ''
The Wishing Tree'', ''
Data Tutashkhia'', ''Everyone Wants to Love'', ''The Turtledoves of Paradise'', and others. Among his many accolades are the title of
People's Artist
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of Georgia (1979) and the
Shota Rustaveli Prize
The Shota Rustaveli State Prize (created in 1965) is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (writer), Irakli Abashidze (poet) and Lado Gudiashv ...
.
He died of respiratory failure in 2017. He was buried at the Saburtalo church of the Ascension in Tbilisi.
References
External links
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Givi Berikashvilion Georgian National Filmography
on Georgian Journal
1933 births
2017 deaths
Male film actors from Georgia (country)
Male stage actors from Georgia (country)
People's Artists of Georgia
Rustaveli Prize winners
Deaths from respiratory failure
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