Tengiz Abuladze

Tengiz Abuladze (Georgian თენგიზ აბულაძე; Russian Тенгиз Абуладзе; born January 31, 1924 in Kutaisi, † March 6, 1994 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian film director. He was one of the first directors in the Soviet Union, which painted a critical picture of the real socialism and won due to the image force of his films many international awards.

Life

Abuladze studied 1943-1946 theater directing at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute in Tbilisi. In 1952 he completed a directing course at the Moscow Film Institute ( WGIK ). In 1953 he began as a documentary filmmaker in the Georgian film studios Grusia movie.

1956 his first feature film was Magdanas donkey. It is about a Georgian family trying to come up with a blue donkey economically ends meet. He won the Palme d'Or for best short film of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956. The film was regarded as an ethical revolution in Georgia and became a model for many other films critical of the political thaw. 1968 turned Abuladze the film The prayer of humanity against a medieval order of ruthlessness sets. In the tree of wishes, he tells of the destruction of Georgian traditions at the beginning of the 20th century.

Abuladses film Repentance (1984 ) calculated from uncompromising with Stalinism. The director called him the " first swallow of perestroika ." He is by the late dictator Varlam which is excavated by a woman who wants to illuminate his crimes. Varlam seen in flashback of how Stalin's state security chief Beria, wearing a Hitler mustache and a fascist black shirt. The film was banned until 1986 in the Soviet Union. Finally, at the initiative of the Georgian Communist Party chief Eduard Shevardnadze, he could be performed and drove the changes in the Soviet Union ahead.

In the other socialist countries, he remained banned. After the German premiere on ZDF in October 1987, the GDR began a press campaign against the film. In the same year won the repentance of the most important film award of the Soviet Union, Nika, the Grand Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Cannes in 1987 and was nominated for best foreign film Oscar.

1988 was awarded Abuladze the Soviet Lenin Prize. Georgia awarded him with the Shota Rustaveli State Prize -. From 1990 to 1991 he was a member of the Soviet Parliament.

Works

  • Dimitri Arakishvili, Moscow Film Institute in 1952
  • Our Palace (Georgian Chveni sasakhle ) Grusia movie 1953
  • The Georgian Nationalbalett (Georgian Qartuli tsekvis sakhelmtsipo ansambli ) Grusia movie 1954
  • Magdanas donkey (Georgian Magdanas lurdsha ) Grusia movie 1956
  • Stepchildren (Georgian Skhvisi shvilebi ) Grusia - 1958 movie
  • I, grandmother, Illiko & Illarion (Georgian Me, bebia, Iliko because Ilarioni ) Grusia movie 1963
  • Swanetische sketches (Georgian Svanur - Tushuri chanakhatebi ) Grusia movie 1965
  • Prayer (Georgian Vedreba ) Grusia movie 1967
  • Necklace for my sweetheart (Georgian Samkauli satrposatvis ) Grusia - 1971 movie
  • The Open - Air Museum (Georgian Muzeumi gia TSIs qvesh ) TV movie 1972
  • The Wishing Tree (Georgian Natvris khe ), Grusia movie 1977
  • Repentance (Georgian Monanieba ) Grusia movie 1984
  • Khadzhi murat, Television Movie, 1989
1956 Cannes Film Festival Smear campaign Nika Award 1987 Cannes Film Festival Integrated Authority File
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