Alexandre Tsutsunava Алехандре Тсутсунава | |
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Born | Alexandre Tsutsunava 28 January 1881 |
Died | 25 October 1955 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Russian Empire → Democratic Republic of Georgia → Soviet Union |
Occupation | Film 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]
Alexandre Tsutsunava Алехандре Тсутсунава | |
---|---|
Born | Alexandre Tsutsunava 28 January 1881 |
Died | 25 October 1955 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Russian Empire → Democratic Republic of Georgia → Soviet Union |
Occupation | Film 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]