Mikheil Gelovani
Actor · 1893 – 1956 · Lasuria, Kutaisskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Mikheil Giorgis dze Gelovani (6 January 1893 – 21 December 1956) was a Soviet and Georgian actor, known for his numerous portrayals of Joseph Stalin in cinema, starring in fifteen historic movies mostly about the early Soviet era. He was recognized as People's Artist of the USSR in 1950 and won the four Stalin Prizes of the first degree (1941, 1942, 1947, 1950).
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Movie7.7DramaHistoryDedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.
Movie5.2DramaHistoryHistorical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.
Movie7.2WarDramaErshi's sister, Marussia, a sailor of the Black Sea Squadron, was seduced by Baron von Vogel. Coincidentally, he is assigned to the same ship where he serves the nation. The situation on the ship is tense. The arbitrariness of the officers causes discontent among the sailors. Only the ship's mechanic, Menshevik Avalov, weakly defends the interests of the sailors.
Movie8.0DramaRomanceBlinded by the desire of wealth, mother of Siko makes him leave behind his wife and child and go to America.
Movie4.7DramaWarBased on the true story of Russian pilot Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), who set several long-distance flight records. Chkalov and co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov altogether had accomplished several nonstop long-distance flights. In June 1937, Chkalov set the world record, covering 12,000 kilometers in 63 hours of nonstop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.
Movie8.0ComedyThe action of the film takes place in 1905-07. The main characters are a revolutionary who escaped from Metekhi prison and two brothers who hate each other.
Movie5.0ActionAdventureBakhva Pulava, a merchant from Poti fells in love with a poor tailor woman named Esma and marries her. At the same time, enchanted by her beauty, another man named Jeremiah Tsarba decides to kidnap her. When Esma refuses to share bed with him Jeremiah mercilessly kills her and when faced by accusations avoids punishment with the help of Valida, an influential nobleman’s daughter. Bakhva Pulava makes a decision to take justice into to his hands.
Movie5.8WarDramaThe revolutionary struggle of the Georgian proletariat is the central theme of this story. The narrative follows the life and fate of a young revolutionary named Mito. After the Mensheviks disrupt a railway strike, Mito is sentenced to three years in prison, and his father is executed. During his time in prison, Mito shares a cell with an old Bolshevik, which transforms the hot-headed and unstable young man into a conscious Bolshevik. Soon, World War I begins, and Mito, who has just been released from prison, is sent to war.
Movie5.8DramaWarIn 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
Movie10.0ComedyDramaWhen the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is holy to them.
Movie5.0DramaWarSurrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
Movie5.2HistoryThe story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of a peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings under the tutelage of Lenin.
Movie8.0DramaTwo brothers, Turiko and Mgelia fall in love with the same girl and become each other's merciless enemies. The brothers decide to draw lots, the winner must kill the loser and marry the woman.
Movie8.0ActionComedyThe enemy of the collective farm movement, Kirile, with his advice, confuses the chairman of the collective farm “Orange Valley”, Tedo, who believes in his support. He tries to turn Tedo and Giorgi, who has recently returned from the civil service into enemies.
Movie5.0HistoryDramaMemories of the old Baltic sailor who participated in a revolution and a few wars...
Movie5.5DramaHistoryA dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.
Movie7.0AdventureFamilyTwo six-graders are trying to find the Stalin's pipe and return it to the owner.
Movie4.0HistoryThe story of Stalin and the Soviet people.
Movie7.3DramaA miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
Movie7.0DramaBased on A. Shirvanzade’s story “Madwoman.” It's a tragic story of an epileptic girl, who is the victim of the prejudices of her husband's family. A powerful village drama with a horribly tragic ending, visually striking, lots of Armenian customs.
Movie4.9DramaThe final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.
Movie4.5DramaPropaganda film enhancing the role of Joseph Stalin in the defense of the city of Tsaritsyn (subsequently Stalingrad, at present Volgograd) by the red army during the Russian civil war.