Zurab Kapianidze

Zurab Kapianidze

Born: April 2, 1937
Died: July 4, 2011
in Nakieti village
Zurab Kapanadze (born April 1, 1937, Nakieti village, Oni district - died July 4, 2011, Tbilisi) was a Georgian actor. People’s Artist of Georgia (1979), Laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1985).

In 1961, he graduated from the theatrical faculty of the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in Tbilisi. From 1961 to 1964, he worked at the Kutaisi Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theater. From 1964, he was an actor at the “Georgian Film” studio.

From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the Georgian Parliament of the 5th convocation, on the list of the electoral bloc “Revival of Georgia”.

He is prohibited from being buried in the Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.

Movies for Zurab Kapianidze...

Oh, This Terrible TV
Title: Oh, This Terrible TV
Released: December 31, 1990
Type: Movie
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The Fastest People in the World
Title: The Fastest People in the World
Character: Markoz
Released: December 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Rachvelians, notables with their slowness tell awkward, partly unbelievable and very funny anecdotes they have gone through, while their countryman participates in long-distance race.
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The Nylon Christmas Tree
Title: The Nylon Christmas Tree
Released: December 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of people who happen to be on the same bus try to get home on the New Year's Eve, but their bus is delayed by numerous obstacles, and the tensions grow.
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The Bandit From The Brick Factory
Title: The Bandit From The Brick Factory
Character: Inspector Gogia
Released: December 17, 1983
Type: Movie
Vazha, also known as Pkhinko, is a kind hearted person. He cannot remain indifferent when a man is beaten, but if he deserves it, he can punish himself and go to prison for it.
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The Book of Oath
Title: The Book of Oath
Character: Папаи
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Снежная свадьба
Title: Снежная свадьба
Character: Levan
Released: July 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
Title: Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
Character: Odishelidze
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various reasons cannot resist the feeling of nostalgia and decide to return to their homeland by air balloon .
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Ретивый поросёнок
Title: Ретивый поросёнок
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Title: The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Character: Lom
Released: December 15, 1978
Type: Movie
The extraordinary adventures of schoolboy Vasya Lopotukhin aboard the yacht of the famous Captain Vrungel and his cheerful first mate Lom…The dashing crew investigates the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, braves hurricanes and storms, fights with Fierce Harry and the band of his cutthroats. Coming next is solving the mystery of Atlantis…
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I Want to See You
Title: I Want to See You
Released: May 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Film by Veiczi.
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Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...
Title: Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...
Character: Zurab Toladze
Released: February 13, 1978
Type: Movie
A third of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.
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Data Tutashkhia
Title: Data Tutashkhia
Character: Bekar Jeiranishvili
Released: July 2, 1977
Type: Movie
A just man becomes an outlaw. He is pursued by the police over the years, while he tries to fight the injustice in the world, but he can't figure out the minds of his fellow men, and is often misunderstood.
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Living Legends
Title: Living Legends
Character: Ivane
Released: May 7, 1976
Type: Movie
The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures in the convent cell. The nobleman, Kirilé, has decided to get married. The war started by enemies turns all these people into warriors. Living Legends is a parable, a hymn to the glory of the georgian people, enamoured of freedom and independence, whose most worthy sons have never hesitated to die in the name of the glorious future of their country.
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Story of Ivane Kotorashvili
Title: Story of Ivane Kotorashvili
Character: Ivane
Released: December 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Ivane does not think about starting a family life, so the villagers deicide to force him marry and try to take him and his bride to the church using all the possible means.
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Wedding
Title: Wedding
Character: Jovan Vuksanović
Released: December 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia.
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Clicks
Title: Clicks
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Screen adaptation of F. Gorenshtein's satirical stories.
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Stealing Of The Moon
Title: Stealing Of The Moon
Character: Lomkats Tarba
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s through the line of the main characters: Tarash Emkhvari and Arzakan Zvambaya.
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The Saplings
Title: The Saplings
Character: Cart driver
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Waiting
Title: Waiting
Character: Ekvtime
Released: February 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ketevan does not lack care for the sick, lives in hope, and waits for his children to return home. But the harsh reality of the war demands a sacrifice from her again - Ketevani sends his third son to the war as well.
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Gladiator
Title: Gladiator
Character: Waiter
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
An elderly lion tamer can't even tame a dog anymore, however he can not retire from his favorite job and so he is forced to do tricks himself instead of lions.
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Chermen
Title: Chermen
Character: Berdia
Released: October 9, 1970
Type: Movie
This historic drama is set in an Ossetian village in the 17th century. The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to assert his dignity. He is opposed by Dacco, the elder of the Aldar clan, in whose village Chermen lives. Guided by mercenary motives, Dacco strikes a deal with Prince Tsarai. Together, they rob people and then divide the loot between themselves. By some chance, Chermen learns of the deal and informs his friends about it. At first, he thinks that no one in the Aldar village would believe him, the bastard, and that the plot would remain unexposed. But the friends accept the challenge.
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Feola
Title: Feola
Character: Besik - violinist
Released: April 11, 1970
Type: Movie
A man is put in charge of organizing a children's soccer team, but he doesn't know anything about the sport.
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Pirosmani
Title: Pirosmani
Character: Ushangi
Released: December 28, 1969
Type: Movie
A biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paintings to bars and restaurants for food and drink. The film experiments with color control techniques based on the painter’s style.
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Tariel Golua
Title: Tariel Golua
Character: Bezhana
Released: October 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Georgian village during the revolution of 1905. The struggle of the peasantry against the landlords. Tariel Golua's son, Levan, leads the rebellion. Tariel himself is in favor of a peaceful solution to the conflict, but when his son is brutally killed, and the houses of the rebels and their supporters are set on fire, Tariel is convinced that it is impossible to gain freedom without an armed struggle.
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Crucified Island
Title: Crucified Island
Character: Simona
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland
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Alooba
Title: Alooba
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
The wife advises her husband, who is exhausted by the whole day's work to mix water in the wine to sell in the market, but for her husband it is a matter of conscience.
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The Plea
Title: The Plea
Character: Zviaduri
Released: December 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.
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Morning Bells
Title: Morning Bells
Released: November 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Young Teacher Lado moves to the village, where he falls in love with Ketu,a young librarian, but Ketu has been engaged to a fellow villager since childhood. Chofe and his brother threaten Lado that breaking his word and breaking custom can be fatal for the lovers. However, young people are not afraid of threats.
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Londre
Title: Londre
Released: December 29, 1966
Type: Movie
the movie about Londre
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Ballad of Khevsureti
Title: Ballad of Khevsureti
Character: Apareka
Released: December 19, 1966
Type: Movie
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.
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Falling Leaves
Title: Falling Leaves
Character: Dato's companion
Released: January 16, 1966
Type: Movie
A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.