Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's...
Based on the story "Cossacks" by L. N. Tolstoy. The nobleman Dmitry Olenin, who by the age of twenty-four had squandered half of his fortune, had not completed a course anywhere and had not served anywhere, understands that it is impossible to live like this anymore, not knowing what to direct the...
Officer Zhilin, a Caucasus officer, receives a letter from his mother and returns home. He and another Russian officer are attacked by mountaineers, and Zhilin is captured without ransom money.
Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on tour to Georgia.
The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII century).
Sophiko, a well-known journalist, seems to be more close to many of her respondents when they need her advice than to her family members. All engrossed in her work, she suddenly finds out that she is losing her husband who has started a love affair with another woman. Of course, it strikes her...
A tireless fighter for technological progress, Alik Lolishvili, a resident of old Tiflis, advertised bicycles under the pseudonym Albert Lolishvili and, together with the daughter of a city rich man, Betty Zandukeli, opened an office for their rental. The business failed, but the resilient Lolish...
A young man, who avoided military service thanks to his caring parents, is enjoying his student life. Suddenly, his closest friend, who has returned from the army, dies heroically. The young man feels a twinge of conscience and begins to reevaluate his life.
Alik Lolishvili, who lives in old Tiflis, is a very interesting person, he is fond of all kinds of technical innovations and is a tireless fighter for technological progress. He is introduced by Albert Lolisch and advertises bicycles in the city, and then, together with the daughter of the local...
Adults have no time for little Giga. Only a strange stranger, who turns out to be an angel, and his funny dog become his friends. Together they manage to find the lost angel wings.
This short film captures the beauty of a process that has persisted since the Stone Age. Sharing one of the recurrent stylistic motifs of the Georgian documentaries shown here, an uncanny atmosphere is created by the use of post-production sound and chiaroscuro lighting. In effect, the removal of...
A group of Georgian scientists traveling to Poland for a scientific symposium are housed in an old fortress . A middle-aged man , a descendant of Polish nobles , falls in love with one of the members of the group . Love turns the previously modest , inconspicuous scientist into a charming woman ....
A group of rebel peasants rebels against the Menshevik government. They are led by Parnaoz Morchadze. Their uprising fails. The rebels take refuge in the forest. Parnaoz is eventually brutally murdered. Red Army units enter the city. In the street, comrades mourn Parnaoz, who did not live to see...
Follows the usual working day of the chairman of the city Executive Committee Ramaz Pavlovich Avaliani. Different people come to his office with different goals, and he tries to help everyone, understand all requests, and resolve all disputes.
The Messenger of God appears to the passengers of the plane and asks each of them about their sins. An extreme situation reveals the hidden nature of people.
