Ruslan Mikaberidze Movies
- 1984
This Russian drama is set in 1907 just before the Revolution erupted and centers upon a young musician who is trying to record all of the folk songs in his big country. His journey leads him to encounter all types of people. The only shadow is the threat of Czarist troops looking to exterminate those who seem to threaten the crumbling monarchy. The musician finds himself pursued when his map is mistaken by soldiers for a list of possible radicals. All those the musician visited are executed and as the story ends, a community religious celebration becomes a massacre when the troops suddenly move in to seize them en masse. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Giya Peradze, Levan Abashidze, (more)
- 1981
A humorous look at three succeedingly inept generations of would-be swimmers -- father, son, and grandson -- this amusing comedy implies that a decline in more than swimming talent is going on. Since the film strikes out effectively at Joseph Stalin it was hastily excised of political jabs before its 1984 release, but was later unveiled in its full version in 1986. In 1913, Durishhan (Gudea Buzduli) is a local yokel who can stay underwater for as long as six minutes without surfacing and who has gained his Olympian ability by swimming after his sheep. When he beats an English swimmer in a private marathon, his friends ridicule him because they do not believe his story. Things only go down hill from there. Durishhan's son Dometi (Ruslan Mikaberidze) continues in the family tradition by organizing swim meets, and at one, swimmers push and pull a raft carrying Stalin's portrait way out to sea. But once again, disaster strikes when Dometi is blamed for disrespect to the dictator. Finally, Anton (Badur Zuladze), Dometi's overweight son, takes the story into the present as he reminisces with his sister about the past and has his own swimming feat to perform. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gudea Buzduli, Elgudzha Burduli, (more)
- 1978
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A much beloved comedy, Mimino tells the story of a Soviet Georgian helicopter pilot who is called Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze), which means "falcon" in that language. He is ambitious to become an international airline pilot and goes to Moscow and, with the help of an old friend, tries to get a job as an international pilot. In his Moscow hotel, he meets Suren, an Armenian, and despite the supposed historical antipathy of Georgians and Armenians, they become friends. They have both pretended to be participants in a seminar on endocrinology in order to get rooms at the hotel where the seminar is being held. He has a lot of wild adventures with Suren, and on his own. Much of the comedy pits ordinary people such as Mimino, who is from the countryside, against the haughty sophisticates of Moscow. Popular Georgian singer Vakhtang Kikabidze, who performs the title role, sang a song within the film which became a Soviet hit. This film won the Grand Prize from the 1978 Moscow International Film Festival, the State Prize of the USSR, and also a prize from the All-Union Film Festival. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mger (Frunze) Mkrtchyan, (more)
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