Georgiy Daneliya
Also Known As: Georgi Daneliya, Георгий Николаевич Данелия, Георгий Данелия, G. Daneliya, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია
Biography: Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya (Russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия, Georgian: გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია Giorgi Nikolozis dze Danelia; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya (Georgian: გია დანელია), was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Birthday: October 25, 1930
Deathday: April 04, 2019
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Kin-dza-dza!
Overview: Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-12-01
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Walking the Streets of Moscow
Overview: On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home from a hard night shift. Just as Kolya is about to take a rest, he is met by his old friend Sasha, who wants help getting a deferral from military service so that he can get married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1964-04-11
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Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
Overview: The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original. Festive mess in the same House of Culture, where they celebrated the New Year 50 years ago. Now the institution is named after Ogurtsov and is headed by Mr. Kabachkov. A young enthusiast Alyona Krylatova and a young man Denis Kolechkin work in the recreation center. Alyona, as she can, opposes the "arts" of the bureaucrat and opportunist Kabachkov, and Denis helps her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Ku! Kin-dza-dza
Overview: Beginner DJ Shreds and world-renowned cellist Vladimir Chizhov meet on a noisy street in Moscow barefoot man. Clicking on the strange machine, the characters are moved to the desert planet Plyuk. A remake of the beloved animated film "Kin-dza-dza!" No less fascinating and funny than the original, the adventures of the Shred and Uncle Vova. In this world of sand inhabitants are divided into two categories - patsaks and chatlan, a simple match has incredible value, and the people are met and escorted by the color of his pants.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2013-04-10
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The Unforgettable Year 1919
Overview: Soviet propaganda film in two episodes about Stalin's strong and cruel suppression of the 1919 anti-communist uprising in St. Petersburg, Russia. Stalin and Lenin are shown as heroes who destroyed the efforts of anti-communists led by White Russians with support from "bad" British capitalists headed by Sir Winston Churchill and Lloyd George.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1951-06-06
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The Passport
Overview: A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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One Day of Mosfilm
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-01-30
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Mimino
Overview: Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-06-06
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Autumn Marathon
Overview: Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing, but he never has the courage to tell her the truth. His lover, Alla, is aware of his family life, but gets offended when, for example, he cannot meet her so that he doesn't come home late, or when he doesn't want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife. Alla and Nina, Andrei's wife, both leave him, forgive him, and return to him at the same time, and Andrei continues with this kind of life, full of suffering and deceit. Finally, both women are so fed up with his lies that they don't believe him even when he is telling the truth...
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-06-06
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Nastya
Overview: A young Russian store clerk has a drab existence in times of shortages and is berated by her ailing mother for not seeing men. So she brings home an unknown young man who she met on the tram. She dreams many things but pines for this man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Heads and Tails
Overview: To earn money for married life, a young engaged man takes a job as an engineer on a privately operated oil drilling rig in the far North of Russia. A friend's letter brings the sad news that his fiancée has already married someone else and in desperation he quits his job and flies back to Moscow. There all his vast efforts to win her back seem in vain...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Fortune
Overview: Old skipper travels with his old ship called "Fortune" on the Russian river.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-02-26
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