I'll Return as the Rain

I'll Return as the Rain 1986

6.00

A sad snowman from the mountains befriends a girl down in the countryside. The title describes the third act.

1986

Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather

Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather 1987

5.10

The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company’s engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hughes and Nestor were shot dead by Lavrenty Mgeladze, who had once had everything, but later was dispossessed and driven out of the village. The old Anna told that story to a young composer who recorded the music: “My dear homeland, why are you weeping?…”

1987

Lucky Village

Lucky Village 1992

1

The film confession of a man born during World War 2, who grew up under Stalin and reached maturity during the Brezhnev stagnation period. An exploration of the problems of man's inner freedom.

1992

Roots

Roots 1987

5.73

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village in search of work and, settling on a French ship, soon found himself in Paris, where he married a Frenchwoman. Modest wealth, beloved wife, sons and a faithful friend helped him to endure separation from his homeland. When the opportunity came to his homeland, George was already old and could not postpone the upcoming meeting with his native Georgia. He tried to convey his love to his grandson George: he sang folk songs, taught Georgian, talked about the people of his village. And now, in fulfillment of his grandfather’s orders, George the Younger took his ashes to his homeland...

1987

Interrupted Song

Interrupted Song 1960

3.60

Young couple separated by World War 2, dream of being reunited years later.

1960

Cinema

Cinema 1977

2.00

At the end of the 20th century, the son of a distinguished family, Sosiko Cholokashvili, became interested in cinematography, a field unknown to the public. Despite his inexperience, financial difficulties, and disappointment, one of the first enthusiasts of Georgian cinema recorded many shots depicting the appearance and existence of old Tbilisi on tape.

1977

The City Wakes Up Early

The City Wakes Up Early 1968

5.00

The work-relate conflict between father and son disrupts the order of previously peaceful family.

1968

19th-Century Georgian Chronicle

19th-Century Georgian Chronicle 1979

6.20

A poetized chronicle of the events taking place in one of the Georgian villages in the late 19th century, when, to save a forest, the innumerous intelligentsia could rally the people and oppose the industrialists…

1979

The Waltz on the Petschora

The Waltz on the Petschora 1992

5.00

Set in 1937 Stalinist Georgia, the film traces the parallel destinies of a mother, condemned by the government as "an enemy of the people" and exiled to a work camp in Siberia, and her daughter, who meanwhile is sent to an orphanage. Arriving at the overcrowded work camp, the mother and other women who are not considered strong enough to be labourers, must journey still farther, crossing the icy Siberian landscape in search of food and shelter. At the same time, the daughter escapes the orphanage and returns to her former home, where she finds that a KGB officer has taken up residence. He protects her and an uneasy rapport between them develops—one of abhorrence and attraction, need and suspicion.

1992

Golden Thread

Golden Thread 2019

7.00

Elene is an 80-year-old writer who lives with her family, forced to stay home due to health conditions. Her comfort is cracked when her daughter's mother-in-law, Miranda, a former Soviet official, moves into the apartment, and Elene receives an unexpected call from an old love interest, Archil.

2019

Journey of Akaki Tsereteli in Racha-Lechkhumi

Journey of Akaki Tsereteli in Racha-Lechkhumi 1912

7.20

The first Georgian full-length documentary follows the trip of the “king of Georgian poetry”, Akaki Tsereteli, to Racha and Lechkhumi, and his relationships with the people living in the mountainous areas of Western Georgia

1912

Sea Workers

Sea Workers 1986

1

A recluse living in the Channel Islands develops an obsession with the ward of wealthy steam engine enterpreneur Mess Lethierry, his niece Deruchette, in the 1820s.

1986

The Day

The Day 1993

1

Showing a day from the life of an ordinary young Georgian obsessed with the instinct of self-destruction, desperate protest and morbid nihilism, this film is one of the last Georgian films created at the period of the collapse of the USSR in 1989 1990. Levan Glonti does a wonderful job at portraying a collapse of an empire reflected in the collapse of an individual. Dge (The Day) was released soon after the break up of the Soviet Union, in 1991.

1993

Fatima

Fatima 1958

5.80

A wealthy Ossetian prince adopts a foundling and raises her as his own daughter, Fatima. As Fatima grows up, she falls in love with her stepbrother, Dzhambulat. However, when Dzhambulat goes to war and disappears, Fatima defies her father’s wishes and decides to marry a poor labourer.

1958

Cossacks

Cossacks 1928

3.00

Yunker Olenin, a representative of St. Petersburg's "golden youth," travels to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in a Cossack village. There he falls in love with the beautiful Marina and even decides to marry her, not yet knowing that she loves the Cossack Lukashka and would never trade him for a lord.

1928

Who is Fourth?

Who is Fourth? 1986

7.00

Dangerous criminals attempt to involve children in their crimes, but law enforcement officers manage to promptly put a stop to their activities.

1986

Young Stalin

Young Stalin 1970

1

A diminutive twentysomething 'Soso' (a nickname given to him by his mother) leads a group of revolutionaries in a massive bank heist to rob the Imperial Bank in 1907 Tbilisi. In the process, Soso becomes the man known as Joseph Stalin.

1970

In the Car

In the Car 2024

10.00

A middle-aged man chases a 40-year-old man who insulted his masculinity. He is not ready for impulsive revenge, although the sharp development of events leaves no way back.

2024

The train

The train 1984

1

A young man, who loses his friend in a strange city goes to his funeral by train. The thoughts about his friend change like a scenery outside his window. The reality mixes with the unreal.

1984

The Great Dawn

The Great Dawn 1938

5.40

In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.

1938

Neighbors

Neighbors 2011

1

Show Overview (English) - Required (minimum 10 characters)

2011

UNFILTERED

UNFILTERED 2024

1

A Georgian Video-cast show UNFILTERED - A Show Without a Filter - hosted by George Iashvili. Beloved and interesting personalities talk about everything – unfiltered.

2024

Vis Unda 20000?

Vis Unda 20000? 1970

1

ვის უნდა ოცი ათასი? is a Georgian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Mamuka Gamkrelidze. The main goal of the game is to win 20,000 Georgian laris by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are four lifelines - fifty fifty, phone a friend, ask the audience and switch the question. ვის უნდა 20000? is shown on the Georgian TV station Rustavi 2. When a contestant gets the fifth question correct, he will leave with at least 100 lari. When a contestant gets the tenth question correct, he will leave with at least 1,500 lari.

1970