Biography
Alexandre Tsutsunava (Georgian: ალექსანდრე წუწუნავა; born 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1881 – 25 October 1955) was a Georgian theatre and film director.
His film Christine, based on a story by Egnate Ninoshvili, (Georgian: ქრისტინე) was the first Georgian feature film.
His other films include Who is the Guilty?.
The Alexandre Tsutsunava Ozurgeti Drama Theatre, inaugurated in 1961 in Georgia, was named after him. In December 2017, the Gosfilmofond of Russia returned the original film Who is the Guilty? to Georgia following a 2014 deal between Russia and Georgia. In 2021, the Georgian National Film Center had fully restored Tsutsunava's film Revolt in Guria (1928).
Filmography
all 5
Movies 5
Director 5
Director
Uprising in Guria (1929)
Movie
Director / Writer
Two Hunters (1927)
Movie
Director / Writer
Khanuma (1926)
Movie
Director
Who Is Guilty? (1925)
Movie
Director
Qristine (1916)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1881-01-28
Deathday1955-10-25 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceLikhauri, Georgia
CitizenshipsDemocratic Republic of Georgia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Georgia
Also Known Asალექსანდრე წუწუნავა
AwardsStalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's artist of the Georgian SSR
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