Guram Pirtskhalava

Give me the pump (2010)

The life of Jorje, tour guide from Brazil, changes dramatically as he travels to Svaneti, small, beautiful and very exotic region in Caucasian mountains of country of Georgia to learn about the sense of humor and jokes specific to this place. But he discov ...

The Train Went on and on (2005)

This is the story of the Tbilisi-Batumi train, which, due to a switchman's mistake, first enters the line of occupation of the Georgian region of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, then the train enters the city of Chiatura. ...

Anthim the Iberian (2001)

Anthim the Iberian - Antimoz Iverieli, a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the printing press of the prince of Wallachia, and was Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708-1715. ...

The Lake (1998)

A traumatized boy starts to bully his new classmates, and tries to find meaning in his life. ...

Here Comes the Dawn (1998)

The head of the security service is faced with a choice: to continue serving the state or to give up everything in order to save his sick son. ...

A Chef in Love (1996)

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that ha ...

The Waltz on the Petschora (1992)

Set in 1937 Stalinist Georgia, the film traces the parallel destinies of a mother, condemned by the government as "an enemy of the people" and exiled to a work camp in Siberia, and her daughter, who meanwhile is sent to an orphanage. Arriving at the overc ...

White Flags (1990)

Zaza Nakashidze is imprisoned for a murder he never committed. While in jail he tries to prove his innocence and with other prisoners, real murderers and thieves, dreams of freedom. ...

The Siege (1990)

In a desperate attempt to save his wife's life, Nestor Cerpa - leader of the Peruvian revolutionary movement - and his commandos stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima and took dozens of foreign diplomats and businessmen hostage for 126 d ...

White Flag (1989)

A young man from a Christian family falls in love with a Muslim girl who lives behind the mountains in a village. The girl's relatives believe that according to Islamic tradition, a relationship between them is impossible, and they kill the young man. ...

Beyond the boundaries of pain (1989)

The screen adaptation of Osip Turyansky's novel "Beyond the boundaries of Pain", which is considered one of the best works, depicting the First World War as a hell through which seven people doomed to death, including the future author of the novel, passed ...

Nazar's Last Prayer (1988)

After being sentenced to death by the Bolsheviks, Nazar has conversations in his cell as he awaits execution with the commissar who sentenced him and a priest. ...

And So It Happens (1988)

Three novels about human relations and interactions: Trousers, Luisa, Benefactor ...

Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather (1987)

The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company's engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hu ...

Time of Our Childhood (1987)

Everyday lives in Tbilisian courtyard during World War 2. ...

Temo (1987)

The young protagonist of the film is in love with an older woman with children, and this further complicates his already tense relationship with his family and friends. Swimming against the current is accompanied by many difficulties, and this woman is the ...

Mysterious Prisoner (1987)

Mikhail is fascinated by the ideas of the Decembrists about a Russia free from the tyranny of the Tsar. After graduating from military school, he goes abroad. Upon returning to Russia, a tragic life awaits him. ...

Grandma for Everybody (1987)

Human Sadness (1986)

The village of Chokhi had decided to marry Shete to a girl from another village, but the bride refused. The offended village people send their women as spies, the men arm themselves and follow them to take revenge. They are accompanied by a writer collects ...

Full Circle (1986)

Tbilisi, early 1980s. From the outside, everything seems calm, but behind this tranquillity there is turmoil. Manana, who used to be a movie star, is no longer remembered by any director. Her childhood friend Rusudan suffers from loneliness despite a succe ...

Mister Adventurers (1985)

Foreign adventurers arrive in a small town of Georgia on a special mission, but locals hospitality and customs make them forget their goals completely. ...

The Night Illusion (1985)

A group of young people wants to settle in an abandoned village and revive it ...

Spring (1985)

Lazar helped grandma Varo, who came to the city from the village, fill out a sports lotto ticket. A few days later, the young man discovered that this particular ticket was the winning one. Without thinking twice, he went in search of grandmother... ...

Georgians in the Sky (1984)

The Messenger of God appears to the passengers of the plane and asks each of them about their sins. An extreme situation reveals the hidden nature of people. ...

The Father (1984)

A man released from prison after serving his sentence decides to visit his son who he has not seen for a long time and spends the whole day with the boy. An adventurous, intelligent boy awakens fatherly feelings in him, but unexpectedly he finds out that ...

The Bandit From The Brick Factory (1983)

Vazha, also known as Pkhinko, is a kind hearted person. He cannot remain indifferent when a man is beaten, but if he deserves it, he can punish himself and go to prison for it. ...

A Day Longer Than Night (1983)

This somber story of love lost forever is set against the backdrop of the changes that Communism brought to the state of Georgia in the former USSR after the 1917 Revolution. Eva and Archil are deeply in love and they pledge to be with each other always. A ...

For Those Who Like to Solve Crosswords (1981)

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 difficul ...

The Swimmer (1981)

The tale of a 20th century family line of swimmers who all attempt to swim some near-impossible distance in the Black Sea. ...

The Way Home (1981)

The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz. ...

Bata Qeqia (1980)

Bata, orphaned by her mother, has gone through a long way of life, and witnessed a lot - the fall of feudalism, revolution, and changing times. He got married and raised nine children, but his love for the girl from his village followed him until the end o ...

Migrating Sparrows (1980)

A journey in a second-class passenger car in Soviet Georgia. People are squeezed into cramped seats, some of them trying to get comfortable on lying places - shelves. The main "entertainment" is an elegant blond man who claims he is an actor and has travel ...

Kvarkvare (1979)

Kvarkvare is wrongly accused of activities against the Tsar and is imprisoned, but the Socialist Revolution makes him an imposter "hero". Blinded with the authority, he goes to far in his avenge against the whole village. ...

Abyss (1979)

The film begins in 1922 in Georgia. A strange event occurs near seven comrades. One of them, who knows the secret of horse riding, miraculously remains alive. Captivated by a sense of duty, the comrades decide to go to Gori to find this man, and if possibl ...

Data Tutashkhia (1977)

A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood. ...

Cinema (1977)

At the end of the 20th century, the son of a distinguished family, Sosiko Cholokashvili, became interested in cinematography, a field unknown to the public. Despite his inexperience, financial difficulties, and disappointment, one of the first enthusiasts ...

Living Legends (1976)

The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures in the convent cell. The nobleman, Kirilé, has decided to get married. The war started by enemies turns ...

Pigeon's Milk (1976)

The protagonist is a kind and brave boy who helps people fight evil. One day, a horseman arrived at the doorstep of an orphan's house, asking for wine and oats for his horse. The house owner, unable to provide more than a dry flatbread, offered the horse h ...

Case Goes to Court (1976)

A young assistant prosecutor was entrusted with the case involving a collapsed bridge, discovering the engineer wasn't guilty after conducting her own investigation. ...

The Sand Will Stay (1976)

The construction of an irrigation channel in the Alazni Valley faces many obstacles . Common welfare requires compromises , and no one wants that . Vazha , the chief construction engineer , will be at the center of the contradictions . ...

Escape at Dawn (1975)

The trial of political prisoners is taking place in the Kutaisi prison. They face hanging or life imprisonment. In order to release them from prison, a party figure, nicknamed "Chagara" and a revolutionary woman, "Vardo", aka Nato Nakashidze-Volfisa, come ...

Siberian Grandfather (1974)

Story about one of the leaders of the partisan movement Nestor Kalandarishvili during Russian Civil War in Siberia. ...

Waiting (1971)

Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ketevan does not lack care for the sick, lives in hope, and waits for his children to return home. But the ha ...

Far to the West (1969)

Spring of 1944. The war is nearing its end. Thousands of concentration camp inmates were brought to the Normandy coast to repair the defenses damaged by Allied aircraft. On one of the islands, a small group of prisoners, led by Colonel Zakharov, prepares a ...

Crucified Island (1968)

Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. ...