Tengiz Archvadze

Khevsuruli balada (1966)

When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shota Managadze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Sophiko Chiaureli  •  Levan Pilpani  •  Kote Daushvili

When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shota Managadze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Sophiko Chiaureli  •  Levan Pilpani  •  Kote Daushvili

The Plea (1967)

Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tengiz Abuladze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Rusudan Kiknadze  •  Ramaz Chkhikvadze  •  Geidar Palavandishvili

Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tengiz Abuladze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Rusudan Kiknadze  •  Ramaz Chkhikvadze  •  Geidar Palavandishvili

The Red Tent (1969)

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kalatozov
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Peter Finch

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kalatozov
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Peter Finch

Kyiv Frescoes (2023)

Parajanov's collage of all the footage that remained from his film "Kyiv Frescoes," which was halted by the authorities who demanded that all the negatives be destroyed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Parajanov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Antonina Leftiy  •  Vija Artmane  •  Afanasi Kochetkov

Parajanov's collage of all the footage that remained from his film "Kyiv Frescoes," which was halted by the authorities who demanded that all the negatives be destroyed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Parajanov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Antonina Leftiy  •  Vija Artmane  •  Afanasi Kochetkov

I See the Sun (1965)

In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lana Gogoberidze
CAST:  Gela Chichinadze  •  Leila Kipiani  •  Lia Eliava  •  Zurab Laperadze

In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lana Gogoberidze
CAST:  Gela Chichinadze  •  Leila Kipiani  •  Lia Eliava  •  Zurab Laperadze

Meeting in Mountains (1966)

A film crew arrives in mountainous Khevsureti region. Lali Mindeli, a famous pop singer and the film star who wants to know more about her character, walks around in traditional Khevsurian costume and rides horses. During the making of the film she meets Vakhtang, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikoloz Sanishvili
CAST:  Leila Abashidze  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Lali Meskhi  •  Vakhtang Kikabidze

A film crew arrives in mountainous Khevsureti region. Lali Mindeli, a famous pop singer and the film star who wants to know more about her character, walks around in traditional Khevsurian costume and rides horses. During the making of the film she meets Vakhtang, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikoloz Sanishvili
CAST:  Leila Abashidze  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Lali Meskhi  •  Vakhtang Kikabidze

The Twenty Six Comissars (1966)

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajdar Ibrahimov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Gennadi Boytsov  •  Vladimir Samoylov  •  Frunzik Mkrtchyan

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajdar Ibrahimov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Gennadi Boytsov  •  Vladimir Samoylov  •  Frunzik Mkrtchyan

Spring Comes Soon (1967)

The old peasant Minago Iremadze and his wife miss their children who live in the city. The older brother married a city girl, the younger studies there. Minago decides to bring them back home. He goes to the city and tells everything to his sons. The brothers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otar Abesadze
CAST:  Sergo Zakariadze  •  Sesilia Takaishvili  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Nugzar Machavariani

The old peasant Minago Iremadze and his wife miss their children who live in the city. The older brother married a city girl, the younger studies there. Minago decides to bring them back home. He goes to the city and tells everything to his sons. The brothers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otar Abesadze
CAST:  Sergo Zakariadze  •  Sesilia Takaishvili  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Nugzar Machavariani

Cinema (1977)

Venice Film Festival 1979  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lia Eliava
CAST:  Ketevan Kobulia  •  Murman Jinoria  •  Guram Pirtskhalava  •  Ariadna Shengelaia

Venice Film Festival 1979  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lia Eliava
CAST:  Ketevan Kobulia  •  Murman Jinoria  •  Guram Pirtskhalava  •  Ariadna Shengelaia

Data Tutashkhia (1977)

A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giga Lortkipanidze  •  Gizo Gabeskiria
CAST:  Otar Megvinetukhutsesi  •  Sofiko Chiaureli  •  Jüri Järvet  •  Givi Berikashvili

A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giga Lortkipanidze  •  Gizo Gabeskiria
CAST:  Otar Megvinetukhutsesi  •  Sofiko Chiaureli  •  Jüri Järvet  •  Givi Berikashvili

Don't Believe that I'm No Longer Here (1975)

The film is based on a real story. Climbers found the purse of a military postman killed during World War II, letters sent 30 years later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karaman Mgeladze
CAST:  Dodo Abashidze  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Kote Makharadze  •  Lia Kapanadze

The film is based on a real story. Climbers found the purse of a military postman killed during World War II, letters sent 30 years later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karaman Mgeladze
CAST:  Dodo Abashidze  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Kote Makharadze  •  Lia Kapanadze

Crucified Island (1968)

Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shota Managadze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Grigol Tkabladze  •  Zurab Kapianidze  •  Malkhaz Beburishvili

Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shota Managadze
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Grigol Tkabladze  •  Zurab Kapianidze  •  Malkhaz Beburishvili

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DIRECTION:  Keti Dolidze
CAST:  Medea Japaridze  •  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Irakli Chanturia  •  Nino Burduli

Let Him Stay With Us (1974)

"Let Him Stay With Us", the 1974 Irina Tarkovskaya Russian family romantic melodrama starring Tengiz Archvadze, Tatyana Batrokova, Valentin Bogdanov, Pyotr Cherkashin, and Vera Golovina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irma Raush
CAST:  Tatyana Batrakova  •  Valentin Bogdanov  •  Gega Kobakhidze  •  Vera Golovina

"Let Him Stay With Us", the 1974 Irina Tarkovskaya Russian family romantic melodrama starring Tengiz Archvadze, Tatyana Batrokova, Valentin Bogdanov, Pyotr Cherkashin, and Vera Golovina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irma Raush
CAST:  Tatyana Batrakova  •  Valentin Bogdanov  •  Gega Kobakhidze  •  Vera Golovina

Parajanov Triptych (2020)

Three short films by Sergei Parajanov, Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967), Kyiv Frescoes (1966) and Arabesques on the Theme of Pirosmani (1986). Scanned and restored from the original camera negatives in 4K by Fixafilm. Produced in association with National Cinema Centre of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Parajanov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Alexandr Kotchekov  •  Vladimir Artman

Three short films by Sergei Parajanov, Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967), Kyiv Frescoes (1966) and Arabesques on the Theme of Pirosmani (1986). Scanned and restored from the original camera negatives in 4K by Fixafilm. Produced in association with National Cinema Centre of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Parajanov
CAST:  Tengiz Archvadze  •  Alexandr Kotchekov  •  Vladimir Artman