Aleksandr Medzmariashvili

Let's Not Do Any Tricks!.. (1992)

A middle-aged magician Pyotr Tarasov vegetates in the circus, receiving a meager salary. But he is a magician, he has a professional family secret: he can take out of a hat not only birds and rabbits, but also any amount of food. To use his opportunities, ...

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin (1989)

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra. ...

The Past is Always With Us (1989)

The story of a Georgian applicant to VGIK, forced to hide the story of his repressed father. ...

Roots (1987)

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 f ...

Bagrationi (1985)

About the commander Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Borodino, he slowly dies in the village, at the estate of his aunt. The hero recalls the past, his experiences. Each episode of Bagration's life is a page of Russian history: ...

My Friend (1985)

The Book of Oath (1983)

The tragic events in Georgian history, spanning from the 16th to the 18th centuries, culminated in the signing of the Treaty of Georgievsk in 1783, which placed Georgia under Russian protection. ...

The Call (1979)

First Part "The Call" :The orphan boy is raise by his grandmother. Disturbed by his mischiefs she decides to let boy's grandfather take care of him. Between them, the boy and his grandfather, a lovely relationship develops. ...