Zeinab Botsvadze

A Trip to Wiesbaden (1990)

Turandot (1989)

The plot of a modern parable about love, duty and purity of thoughts is based on the creative process of an opera theater troupe working on staging one of the most complex works of musical classics - G. Puccini's opera "Turandot". ...

Repentance (1987)

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This wo ...

The White Rose of Immortality (1986)

Two lovers – a young shepherd, Mzechabuka, and a peasant girl, Teona, - have endured all the trials falling to their lot and see the happy time when they can join their lives together. ...

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 ...

Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story (1983)

An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn. ...

The Sad Trumpet (1982)

Boys Luka and Bacho live and study in a boarding school. Both have no parents. Luka draws beautifully. But when professional artist Gogi Karsanidze adopts him, the boy returns to the boarding school because he cannot live without his friend Bacho... ...

Sisters in Gloom (The House of Bernarda Alba) (1981)

A domineering and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. ...

Mimino (1977)

Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue. ...

The Saplings (1972)

Old Luka dreams to plant rare pear saplings in his orchard, so that after years his beloved grandson Kakha will enjoy its fruits. In his tough journey to get the saplings, Luka gives Kakha lots of life lessons. ...

Lake Paliastomi (1964)

Ivane, a Gurian peasant is struggling with social inequality, trying to feed an impoverished family, pay state and rent taxes with extreme physical exertion and timber production. There is little hope for the future. ...

Treasure (1961)

Hardworking, honest Saulia and his young wife Fundu are living happy lives, but once while plowing, Saulia finds a precious treasure buried in the ground, and after that he is completely changed. ...

Under One Sky (1961)

A three-part feature film by Georgian director Lana Ghoghoberidze, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Union. The film is based on Leo Qiacheli's short story "Princess Maya" and Archil Sulakauri's novels "Doves" and "Fresco". These three storie ...