Alexandre Tsutsunava

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Alexandre Tsutsunava
Алехандре Тсутсунава
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Born
Alexandre Tsutsunava

(1881-01-28)28 January 1881
Died25 October 1955(1955-10-25) (aged 74)
NationalityFile:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire →File:Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg Democratic Republic of Georgia →File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
OccupationFilm director

Alexandre Tsutsunava (Georgian: ალექსანდრე წუწუნავა; born 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1881 – 25 October 1955) was a Georgian theatre and film director. His film Christine, based on a story by Egnate Ninoshvili,[1] (Georgian: ქრისტინე) was the first Georgian feature film.[2] His other films include Who is the Guilty?.[3] The Alexandre Tsutsunava Ozurgeti Drama Theatre, inaugurated in 1961 in Georgia, was named after him.[4] In December 2017, the Gosfilmofond of Russia returned the original film Who is the Guilty? to Georgia following a 2014 deal between Russia and Georgia.[5] In 2021, the Georgian National Film Center had fully restored Tsutsunava's film Revolt in Guria (1928).[6]

Filmography

As director
  • Janki guriashi (1928)
  • Khanuma (1926)
  • Ori monadire (1927)
  • Vin aris damnashave ? (1925)
  • Qristine (1918)
  • Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909)
As writer
  • Janki guriashi (1928)
  • Khanuma (1926)
  • Ori monadire (1927)
  • Vin aris damnashave ? (1925)
  • Qristine (1918)

References

  1. ""Qristine"". Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. Ochiauri, Lela (2011). "Georgian Cinema before and after Independence". KinoKultura.
  3. "Filmography of Aleqsandre Tsutsunava – geocinema.ge"
  4. "Rehabilitated Ozurgeti Drama Theatre Reopens". Georgianjournal.ge. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. "11 unique Georgian film rolls return home from Russian archives". Agenda.ge. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. Alexander Gabelia (17 February 2021). "GNFC Restores 1920s Georgian Films and Announces Future Plans". Filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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