Mikheil Chiaureli

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Mikheil Chiaureli
მიხეილ ჭიაურელი
Chiaureli in 1940
Born	(1894-02-06)6 February 1894 Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died	31 October 1974(1974-10-31) (aged 80) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Mtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Notable work	The Fall of Berlin (1949)
Title	People's Artist of the USSR (1948)
Spouse	Veriko Anjaparidze
Children	Sofiko Chiaureli
Awards	Stalin Prize (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950)

Mikheil Chiaureli (Georgian: მიხეილ ჭიაურელი; Russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, romanized: Mikhail Edisherovich Chiauerli; 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin Prize five times in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950.

Biography

In early life, Chiaureli studied in a trade school and then worked for a while as a locksmith. Starting in amateur dramatics, he became a professional actor aged 20 and worked as both actor and stage-decorator at the Tbilisi theatre. After 1917, he studied acting formally at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts.

Chiaureli won four Stalin Prizes and became a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Selected filmography

as an actor

• Arsen Dzhordjiashvili (1921) as the star of the first Soviet film made in Georgia
• The Suram Fortress (1922)
• Iron Hard Labor (1924; Russian: Железная каторга)

as director

• The First Cornet Streshnev (1928)
• Saba (1929)
• Out of the Way! (1931)
• The Last Masquerade (1934)
• Arsen (1937)
• The Great Dawn (1938)
• Georgi Saakadze (1942)
• Klyatva (The Vow) (1946)
• The Fall of Berlin (1949)
• The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1952)
• The Widow Otarova (1957)
• The Story of a Girl (1960)
• Generals and Daisies (1964)
• Any Other Time (1967)

Notes

References

External links

• Mikheil Chiaureli at IMDb

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