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Nikoloz Shengelaia

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Nikoloz Shengelaia

EN, KA, RU, XX cinema · 14 credits

Born

8 August 1903

Died

4 January 1943 (aged 39)

Birthplace

Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also known as Николай Шенгелая · Nikolay Shengelaya · ნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაია · Nikoloz Shengelaya · Nicholas Shengelia · Н. Шенгелая

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. 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.

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Filmography