Nikoloz Shengelaya
Nikoloz Shengelaia (ნიკოლოზ შენგელაია; Obudzhi, Tsalenjikha District – Tbilisi, 4 January 1943) was a Soviet Georgian film director. 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.
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Nikoloz Shengelaya
НАРБ. Ф. 4п. Воп. 1. Спр. 15656. Уладзімер Садоўскі, TUT.BY · Public domain
- Born
- 1903 · Obuji.
- Died
- 1943 · Tbilisi.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter · filmmaker · poet
- Fields
- socialist realism
- Education
- Tbilisi State University
- Honours
- Stalin Prize and 2nd degree · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Languages
- Russian · Georgian
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Nikoloz Shengelaia (ნიკოლოზ შენგელაია; Obudzhi, Tsalenjikha District – Tbilisi, 4 January 1943) was a Soviet Georgian film director. 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.
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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.” 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.
Nikoloz Shengelaya studied at Tbilisi State University. The recorded working language is Russian and Georgian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are socialist realism. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
• Giuli (1927) • Eliso (1928) • Twenty-Six Commissars (1932) • The Golden Valley (1937) • Motherland (1939) • In the Black Mountains (1941) • He Would Come Back (1943)
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Nikoloz Shengelaya is recorded as having received Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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Nikoloz Shengelaya died at Tbilisi.
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Nikoloz Shengelaya received Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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