Georgian short comedies, good old movies with a human face

In the seventies throughout the Soviet Union, Georgian short films-comedies were demonstrated in all cinemas. Paintings lasting from fifteen to thirty minutes contained so much good humor and cheerful irony that the audience received a lot of fun and left the room without fail with a smile on their faces.

How films were produced

The old Georgian short comedies were widely heard, people tried not to miss a single new film, and after seeing the picture, shared their impressions. The film studio "Georgia-Film" was not bad equipped with modern equipment, especially shooting in the open area. Therefore, most of the Georgian short comedies were created in nature, in the mountains, gorges or on the plains, depending on the scenario.

Famous directors

The Georgian cinematography of the times of the USSR was famous for talented directors and highly qualified personnel of technical support, operators, lighting and other specialists. The Soviet Georgian short comedies were filmed one after another, each director fulfilling his plan.

The master of national cinema

The most famous producer at the film studio Georgia-Film was Revaz Gabriadze, who not only had short Georgian comedies, but also masterpieces such as Kin-Dza-Dza, Mimino, Do not Grieve. In addition to the movie, the director spent most of his life in the puppet theater, which he created in 1981 in the Tbilisi House of Artists.

Revaz Gabriadze was one of the few figures in Soviet cinema who was allowed to travel abroad. He worked in France and Switzerland for a long time, staged theatrical performances and wrote scripts. Priority stage stage in Paris director considered himself a Peter Brook Theater. In his productions, such stars of the theatrical scene as Natalie Pari and Bakary Sangare took part.

Returning to the Soviet Union, Revaz Gabriadze created the play "Song of the Volga", which was later renamed and became known as the "Battle of Stalingrad." In 1996, the play was shown in the French city of Dijon.

Role in art

The famous Georgian director is also a talented artist-painter and master of book graphics. His works are exhibited all over the world, the best of them are in private collections and state museums of different countries. The director until recently cooperated with the Mikhail Baryshnikov Dance Foundation in New York. He wrote and wrote for the foundation the play "Doctor and Sick, or Forbidden Christmas". The premiere took place in Lincoln Center, and then the play was shown in many theaters in America.

Theater Revaza Gabriadze toured the United States, participated in the Edinburgh Festival, went on tour in Austria, Italy, Spain, Norway, Germany.

The most famous Georgian short comedy, created by Revaz Gabriadze, as a screenwriter and director:

• "Feolah" (1970), time-lapse of 24 minutes;
• "White Stones" (1972) lasts for 28 minutes;
• "Spring off the road" (1974), demonstration time of 24 minutes;
• "The Paris" (1974), duration 27 minutes;
• "Pitcher" (1975), timekeeping is 28 minutes;
• "The Caucasian Romance" (1975), time-lapse of 25 minutes;
• "Ladder" (1975), the duration of 28 minutes;
• "Three rubles" (1976), the demonstration time is 20 minutes;
• "Thermometer" (1976), duration 18 minutes;
• "Suite" (1976), the demonstration time is 24 minutes;

This is not all Georgian short comedies created by Revaz Gabriadze. Today the master is already on a well-deserved rest.

Other directors, colleagues Gabriadze

The filmmaker Gaga Revishvili became famous after the release of the film "Sunday Sunday", 17 minutes long, telling about one day of a young guy, his meetings and other events that happened on a day off.

Guguli Mgeladze created about twenty films, the most notable of which was the short comedy "White Houses", filmed in 1974. The film lasts for 22 minutes tells about the relationship of builders who are not indifferent to art and pianist.

George Dadiani is the creator of the fifteen-minute comic film "Flute" about the musician's love for the worker of the factory for the production of crystal.

Soviet system and cinematography

Planned economy assumes economy in everything, this also concerns the production of feature films. However, the party leadership of the country of the Soviets allocated enough funds for the production of such inexpensive films, such as the Georgian short comedies. The USSR in the seventies propagandized a free way of life for its population, and small film sets could not be better suited for this purpose.

Films

In the seventies, about forty different shorts of a comedy character were shot at the film studio "Georgia-Film". Below is an approximate list of movies.

"Lemon cake", "Wonderful costume", "Wedding", "Serenade", "Record", "Czech beer", "Blacksmith", "Hello, neighbor!", "Door", "In the clinic", "Ladder" , "Spring Break", "Break", "Pitcher", "Last Holidays", "Surprise", "The Common Wall", "Three Ruble", "Luck", "Paris", "Butterfly", "Three Grooms" Thermometer "," Saturday Evening "," Conquerors of the Mountains "," Until the Meeting, Friend! "," Anar's Town "," Sunday Afternoon "," White Houses "," Watercolor "," April "," Flute "," Spring " "," Spare wheel "," Unforgettable day "," First recognition "," Roll ".

Some films are part of the Golden Fund of Soviet cinema.