Nikoloz Shengelaia
Nikoloz Shengelaia (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ შენგელაია, Russian: Николай Михайлович Шенгелая; Obudzhi, Tsalenjikha District 8 August [O.S. 26 July] 1903 – Tbilisi, 4 January 1943) was a Soviet Georgian film director.[1]
Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” 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 “Eliso.”[2]
Nikoloz Shengelaia was married to the movie star, Nato Vachnadze. He had two sons, Giorgi Shengelaia and Eldar Shengelaia, both of whom became film directors as well.
Selected filmography
- Giuli (1927)
- Eliso (1928)
- Twenty-Six Commissars (1932)
- The Golden Valley (1937)
- Motherland Archived 12 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine (1939)
- In the Black Mountains Archived 18 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine (1941)
- He Would Come Back Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (1943)
References
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 620–622. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ "Independent Nation With Films to Match". The New York Times. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
External links
- Nikoloz Shengelaia at IMDb
- Nikoloz Shengelaia Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Georgian Cinema Database
- Photogalery on burusi.com