Nikoloz Shengelaia ( ka, ნიკოლოზ შენგელაია, russian: Николай Михайлович Шенгелая; Obudzhi,

Tsalenjikha District Tsalenjikha ( ka, წალენჯიხის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Ċalenjixis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is a district of Georgia (country), Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Tsalenjik ...

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Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, 4 January 1943) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “

Eliso ''Eliso'' is a 1928 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Nikoloz Shengelaia and loosely based on the short story by Alexander Kazbegi. It was made in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was released in the United States in 1929 by ...

” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia. The film has a broad range of themes such as betrayal, social injustice, and resilience in the face of adversity. The film's protagonist is a passionate and brave young woman. Nikoloz Shengelaia put Georgian cinema on the map with “

.” Nikoloz Shengelaia was married to the movie star,

Nato Vachnadze Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze ( ka, ნატო ვაჩნაძე), born Natalia Andronikashvili ( ka, ნატო ანდრონიკაშვილი), (14 June 1904 – 14 June 1953) was a Georgian and Soviet film actress. She started h ...

, and their sons

Giorgi Shengelaia Giorgi Shengelaia ( ka, გიორგი შენგელაია; russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Шенгела́я; 11 May 1937 – 17 February 2020) was a Georgian and Soviet film director. He directed 14 films since 196 ...

and

Eldar Shengelaia Eldar Shengelaia ( ka, ელდარ შენგელაია; russian: Эльда́р Никола́евич Шенгела́я; born 26 January 1933) is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1 ...

continued the family legacy by becoming prominent film directors in their own right, leaving their own indelible mark on Georgian cinema.

Selected filmography

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Giuli
' (1927) *''

'' (1928) *
Twenty-Six Commissars
' (1932) *
The Golden Valley
' (1937) *
Motherland
' (1939) *
In the Black Mountains
' (1941) *
He Would Come Back
' (1943)

References

External links

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Nikoloz Shengelaia
at the Georgian Cinema Database
Photogalery on burusi.com
1903 births 1943 deaths People from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Mingrelians Film directors from Georgia (country) Soviet film directors Stalin Prize winners {{Georgia-film-director-stub