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. 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.”[2]
Nikoloz Shengelaia was married to the movie star, Nato Vachnadze, and their sons Giorgi Shengelaia and Eldar Shengelaia continued the family legacy by becoming prominent film directors in their own right, leaving their own indelible mark on Georgian cinema.
nikoloz, shengelaia, georgian, ნიკოლოზ, შენგელაია, russian, Николай, Михайлович, Шенгелая, obudzhi, tsalenjikha, district, august, july, 1903, tbilisi, january, 1943, soviet, georgian, film, director, founders, georgian, cinema, epic, 1928, silent, film, eliso. Nikoloz Shengelaia Georgian ნიკოლოზ შენგელაია Russian Nikolaj Mihajlovich Shengelaya Obudzhi Tsalenjikha District 8 August O S 26 July 1903 Tbilisi 4 January 1943 was a Soviet Georgian film director 1 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 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 2 Nikoloz Shengelaia was married to the movie star Nato Vachnadze and their sons Giorgi Shengelaia and Eldar Shengelaia continued the family legacy by becoming prominent film directors in their own right leaving their own indelible mark on Georgian cinema Selected filmography editGiuli 1927 Eliso 1928 Twenty Six Commissars 1932 The Golden Valley 1937 Motherland 1939 In the Black Mountains 1941 He Would Come Back 1943 References edit Peter Rollberg 2009 Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema US Rowman amp Littlefield pp 620 622 ISBN 978 0 8108 6072 8 Independent Nation With Films to Match The New York Times 18 September 2014 Retrieved 22 February 2020 External links editNikoloz Shengelaia at IMDb Nikoloz Shengelaia at the Georgian Cinema Database Photogalery on burusi com nbsp This article about a Georgian film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikoloz Shengelaia amp oldid 1161582390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
