Otar Leontyevich Koberidze ( ka, ოთარ კობერიძე; 17 December 1924 – 9 March 2015) was a

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actor, film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Koberidze was born in

Tiflis 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 pe ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

(now Tbilisi, Georgia), where he graduated from the Rustaveli State Theatre Institute in 1948. He then worked at the Drama Theater in

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

Marjanishvili Theater Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre ( ka, კოტე მარჯანიშვილის სახელობის სახელმწიფო აკადემიური დრამატული თეატრი) i ...

in Tbilisi. He played more than 50 roles during his career at the film studio

Kartuli Pilmi Georgian Film Studio ( ka, ქართული ფილმი, ''kartuli pilmi''; russian: Грузия-фильм; ''Gruziya-Fil'm'') is one of world's oldest film studios that has produced 800 features, made-for-TV and short films, 600 documen ...

, including a memorable role of a 17th-century Georgian hero in the 1956 historical action film ''Bashi-Achuki''. He directed ten films and wrote scripts for three films. Koberidze was awarded the title of

People's Artist People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USS ...

of Georgia in 1967. He died at the age of 90 in Tbilisi in 2015. Koberidze was married to the Georgian actress Lia Eliava (1934–1998).

Selected filmography

*1948: '' Keto da Kote'' as episode *1956: ''Bashi-Achuki'' as Bashi-Achuki *1957: ''Qalis tvirti'' as Akaki *1958: '' Other People's Children'' as Dato *1958: ''Mamluqi'' as Mahmudi *1960: ''Dge ukanaskneli, dge pirveli'' as Levani *1960: ''Shetskvetili simgera'' as Gurami *1961: ''Lyubushka'' as Grechukha *1962: ''

713 Requests Permission to Land ''713 Requests Permission to Land'' (russian: 713-й просит посадку, 713 prosit posadku) is a 1962 Soviet disaster film. It was directed by Grigori Nikulin and filmed at Lenfilm studio. The premiere took place on April 3, 1962. Syn ...

'' as Henry *1963: '' A Dream Come True'' as Cosmonaut Ivan Batalov *1963: ''Generali da zizilebi'' as Navigating Officer Raner Peter *1964: ''

Attack and Retreat ''Attack and Retreat'' ( it, Italiani brava gente, russian: Они шли на Восток, Oni shli na Vostok) is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Itali ...

'' as Wounded Italian *1964: ''Zgvis shvilebi'' as Gurami *1965: ''

The Tsar's Bride ''The Tsar's Bride'' (russian: Царская невеста, translit=Tsarskaja nevesta) is an historical verse drama in four acts by Lev Mei from 1849.Golub (1998, 951). Fifty years later Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov used the play as the basis for h ...

'' as Grigori Gryaznoy *1966: ''

The Little Prince ''The Little Prince'' (french: Le Petit Prince, ) is a novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 an ...

'' as pilot *1967: ''Qalaqi adre igvidzebs'' as Tengizi *1967: ''

Aladdin's Magic Lamp ''Aladdin's Magic Lamp'' (russian: Волшебная лампа Аладдина, Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina) is a 1967 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. Plot A magici ...

'' as The Sultan *1967: ''

Commissar Commissar (or sometimes ''Kommissar'') is an English transliteration of the Russian (''komissar''), which means 'commissary'. In English, the transliteration ''commissar'' often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and Eas ...

'' as Kirill *1968: ''

Spur des Falken ''Spur des Falken'' is an East German film. It was released in 1968. The film was followed by a sequel, '' Weiße Wölfe'' (1969). Cast * Gojko Mitić: Weitspähender Falke * Hannjo Hasse: Joe Bludgeon * Barbara Brylska: Catherine Emerson * La ...

'' - Tasunka-witko *1969: '' The Red Tent'' as Natale Cecioni *1971: ''

Mission in Kabul ''Mission in Kabul'' (russian: Миссия в Кабуле, Missiya v Kabule) is a 1970 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. Plot The film takes place in Afghanistan in 1919. The film tells about the struggle of the mission in Kabu ...

'' as Nadir-Khan *1971: ''Daisi'' as Kiazo *1972: ''Chadziruli qalaqis madziebelni'' as Edisheri *1973: ''Rustam i Sukhrab'' as Kavoos *1973: ''Mze shemodgomisa'' as himself *1975: ''Gaqtseva gatenebisas'' as Kotsia Eristavi *1979: ''

Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employ ...

'' as Alvarado *1983: '' Blue Mountains'' as movie star (himself) *2001: ''Antimoz iverieli'' (final film role)

References

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Otar Koberidze
at the Georgian Cinema Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Koberidze, Otar 1924 births 2015 deaths Male film actors from Georgia (country) Film directors from Georgia (country) Actors from Tbilisi People's Artists of Georgia Soviet male film actors Soviet film directors Burials at Didube Pantheon 20th-century male actors from Georgia (country) Film people from Tbilisi Soviet male actors

Biography

Selected filmography

See also

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