Manuchar Shervashidze
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Manuchar Shervashidze.
Born: May 27, 1930
Known For
For Those Who Like to Solve Crosswords
Major Zaza is investigating a routine criminal case: murder for the purpose of robbery. However, his adversary is cunning and ruthless, a dangerous and cynical repeat offender nicknamed “The Intellectual.” Exposing this cunning criminal is proving difficult.
Children of the Sea
The film delves into the moral dilemmas of human relationships. An old sailor, the sole survivor of a ship that sank during the war, grapples with the weight of a moral compromise made many years ago. As he reflects on his past, he recalls his carefree life, filled with mistakes, and the crime he committed against the captain of the lost ship.
Khibula
The screenplay for Khibula was inspired by the real events taking place in Georgia briefly after the country regained its independence in 1991. Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, elected by the majority of votes, was driven into exile by coup d'etat. Even though he returned to regain power soon after, political clashes once again forced him to flee into the mountains. Based on the final chapter of the first President's life, the film starts off by following his journey accompanied and pursued by both friend and foe.
The Life
The film tells the life of a Georgian woman from 1920s to the present day. Love, marriage, Russian annexation and collectivization, world war, loss of children - Sidonia went through many sorrows and troubles on her way of life, but she always maintained spiritual courage and hope for the future.
Record
The film is based on a story by the renowned Czech writer Karel Čapek, which the filmmakers adapted to the everyday life of the region of Samegrelo in Western Georgia. Samegrelo is home to the “world record in throwing,” but the film’s protagonist only achieves this feat after being verbally insulted.
Stealing Of The Moon
The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s through the line of the main characters: Tarash Emkhvari and Arzakan Zvambaya.
The Captains
Lado and Tengiz dream of going to the Batumi Naval Academy, They even take exams, but only Lado manages to pass them. Tengiz continues to dream but lies to his family that he also passed the exams and tries with Lado's help to try again to get into the academy.
Ochabamba
Ochabamba is a holy island. According to the legend, it’s where the souls of deceased sailors settle.
Swallows and Sparrows
Ordinary resort life is going on in the Georgian seaside town. But something new is already in the air - the 90s are on the threshold.
Mevludi
The shooting of "Mevludi", one of the cult movies of the Georgian Cinema, was started in 1984 by "Kartuli Film". The film is dedicated to the local "Adjara" people, who cannot get used to the Russian management style and the arbitrary practices of the Russian rulers, after the Russian-Ottoman war in 1878. The Russian propaganda edition 'Acar' people, en masse, leaving the country are forced to emigrate to Turkey. Some of those who remained, on the other hand, found the last resort to go up the mountain and become bandits against the Russian rule, due to the injustice and unbearable conditions they faced. In the film, the life of the local hero Mevludi Disamidze, which coincides with his immigration period, is about.
Filmography
as Joto
as Old Man
as Shevket Aga
as Captain
as Duru
as Aremba Arlani
as Sipito
as Ambrosi