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Gueorgui Danielia is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Russe born on 25 august 1930 at Tbilisi (Georgie)
Georgiy Daneliya (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია Giorgi Danelia; Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Дане́лия; born 25 August 1930) is a Soviet/Georgian/Russian film director, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his "sad comedies" (as he styles them).
Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect. In 1956, he entered the Higher Director’s Courses at the Mosfilm Studio where his teachers were Mikhail Romm, Sergei Yutkevich, Leonid Trauberg, Yuli Raizman, and Mikhail Kalatozov.
His 1964 feature I Step Through Moscow, starring Nikita Mikhalkov, is one of the most characteristic films of the Khrushchev Thaw. Among Daneliya's most popular movies are Mimino (1977), about a Georgian pilot's adventures in Moscow, and The Autumn Marathon (1979), about a translator vacillating between his wife and mistress. Mimino won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1986 he directed a sci-fi film, Kin-dza-dza!.
In 1976, he was a member of the jury at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.
Most of his films featured his then-wife Lyubov Sokolova, whom the Guinness Book of Records cites as the most prolific film actress, and his friend Yevgeny Leonov. Daneliya was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.
More recently, he married film director Galina Yurkova, has been involved in animation projects and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts.
Georgiy Daneliya is the author or co-author of scripts to most of his films; he also wrote scripts for films by other directors, among which are Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены Удачи) (1972) (collaboration with Viktoriya Tokareva), Frenchman (Француз) (1988) with Sergei Bodrov and Hello from Charlie the Trumpet player (Привет от Чарли Трубача) (1998) with Sergei Dernov.
Il obtient un diplôme de fin d'études avec un court métrage intitulé Ce sont aussi des êtres humains, inspiré d'un extrait de Guerre et Paix de Léon Tolstoï (1959). Toujours avec Igor Talankine, il réalise, l'année suivante, son premier long métrage, Serioja, qui est couronné de nombreux prix. Bénéficiant du contexte politique de l'époque, Romance à Moscou rallie les suffrages publics grâce à une description alerte et impressionniste de la vie moscovite. Son film suivant, Trente-trois, « dessinera plus nettement son profil : celle d'un poète ironique, voire satirique, analyste lucide de la psychologie sociale de ses contemporains. » Mais ces qualités ne seront pas forcément appréciées des autorités qui refuseront de distribuer ce film. Afonia (1975), Mimino (1977), Le Marathon d'automne, Grand prix du festival du film d'humour de Chamrousse en 1979, continueront d'exploiter cette veine avec beaucoup de réussite. Il est l'auteur d'un film culte en Russie, Kin-dza-dza! (1986).
Il meurt le 4 avril 2019 à Moscou. Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a exprimé ses condoléances à ses proches dans un communiqué spécial.
Il est inhumé au cimetière de Novodevitchi.
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Gueorgui Danielia
Birth name გიორგი დანელია
Nationality Russie
Birth 25 august 1930 (94 years) at Tbilisi (Georgie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR, USSR State Prize
Nationality Russie
Birth 25 august 1930 (94 years) at Tbilisi (Georgie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR, USSR State Prize
Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect. In 1956, he entered the Higher Director’s Courses at the Mosfilm Studio where his teachers were Mikhail Romm, Sergei Yutkevich, Leonid Trauberg, Yuli Raizman, and Mikhail Kalatozov.
His 1964 feature I Step Through Moscow, starring Nikita Mikhalkov, is one of the most characteristic films of the Khrushchev Thaw. Among Daneliya's most popular movies are Mimino (1977), about a Georgian pilot's adventures in Moscow, and The Autumn Marathon (1979), about a translator vacillating between his wife and mistress. Mimino won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1986 he directed a sci-fi film, Kin-dza-dza!.
In 1976, he was a member of the jury at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.
Most of his films featured his then-wife Lyubov Sokolova, whom the Guinness Book of Records cites as the most prolific film actress, and his friend Yevgeny Leonov. Daneliya was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.
More recently, he married film director Galina Yurkova, has been involved in animation projects and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts.
Georgiy Daneliya is the author or co-author of scripts to most of his films; he also wrote scripts for films by other directors, among which are Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены Удачи) (1972) (collaboration with Viktoriya Tokareva), Frenchman (Француз) (1988) with Sergei Bodrov and Hello from Charlie the Trumpet player (Привет от Чарли Трубача) (1998) with Sergei Dernov.
Biography
Fils de la cinéaste Meri Andjaparidze, neveu du réalisateur Mikhaïl Tchiaoureli et cousin de l'actrice Sofiko Tchiaoureli, Gueorgui Danielia étudie la mise en scène aux Cours supérieurs de réalisation des studios Mosfilm.Il obtient un diplôme de fin d'études avec un court métrage intitulé Ce sont aussi des êtres humains, inspiré d'un extrait de Guerre et Paix de Léon Tolstoï (1959). Toujours avec Igor Talankine, il réalise, l'année suivante, son premier long métrage, Serioja, qui est couronné de nombreux prix. Bénéficiant du contexte politique de l'époque, Romance à Moscou rallie les suffrages publics grâce à une description alerte et impressionniste de la vie moscovite. Son film suivant, Trente-trois, « dessinera plus nettement son profil : celle d'un poète ironique, voire satirique, analyste lucide de la psychologie sociale de ses contemporains. » Mais ces qualités ne seront pas forcément appréciées des autorités qui refuseront de distribuer ce film. Afonia (1975), Mimino (1977), Le Marathon d'automne, Grand prix du festival du film d'humour de Chamrousse en 1979, continueront d'exploiter cette veine avec beaucoup de réussite. Il est l'auteur d'un film culte en Russie, Kin-dza-dza! (1986).
Il meurt le 4 avril 2019 à Moscou. Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a exprimé ses condoléances à ses proches dans un communiqué spécial.
Il est inhumé au cimetière de Novodevitchi.
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Filmography of Gueorgui Danielia (11 films)
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Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Nikolaï Goubenko, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Igor Kvacha, Gueorgui Danielia
Roles Camomile and Diogenes
Rating59%
The remake follows the plot of the original with minor changes. While the original story was set in 1980s, the remake is set in 2010s, some of the scenes were altered, and the two new protagonists are different from their 1986 counterparts.
, 1h18Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexeï Loktev, Galina Polskikh, Lyubov Sokolova, Vladimir Bassov, Rolan Bykov
Roles le cireur de chaussures
Rating77%
The film opens at a Moscow airport in summer 1963. A young man, Volodya (Aleksei Loktev), calls out to a young woman he sees singing to herself and dancing.
Director
Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Nikolaï Goubenko, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Igor Kvacha, Gueorgui Danielia
Rating59%
The remake follows the plot of the original with minor changes. While the original story was set in 1980s, the remake is set in 2010s, some of the scenes were altered, and the two new protagonists are different from their 1986 counterparts.
The Passport (1990)
, 1h43Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Gérard Darmon, Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva, Oleg Yankovsky, Armen Djigarkhanian, Igor Kvacha, Evgueni Leonov
Rating74%
Deux demi-frères, Yasha et Merab, habitent à Tbilissi en Géorgie. Yasha est musicien et Merab chauffeur de taxi. En 1987, Yasha décide de partir pour Israël. Merab, qui souhaite rester, l'accompagne à Moscou. Dans l'aéroport, ils souhaitent boire un verre de champagne ensemble avant de se séparer. Merab va acheter une bouteille dans la zone des boutiques hors taxes en utilisant le passeport de son frère, sans se rendre compte qu'il ne peut pas revenir en arrière.
Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
, 2h15Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Space opera
Actors Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgueni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Rating78%
The film is set in 1980s Moscow. Standing right in the city centre on Kalinin Prospekt, a barefoot man dressed in a tattered coat appeals to anyone with a strange request: "Tell me the number of your planet in the tenture? Or least the number of your galaxy in the spiral?". Random passers-by, two Soviet citizens previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, Vladimir Mashkov, and a "Violinist", a student from Georgia, Gedevan Aleksidze), start a conversation with him, during which the stranger shows them an alien teleportation device – "traveller". The foreman Mashkov holds out his hand to the device and, despite the stranger's warnings, presses a random button. Suddenly Uncle Vova and the violinist find themselves alone on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy. From that point on, the movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.
Autumn Marathon (1979)
, 1h30Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Oleg Basilashvili, Evgueni Leonov, Marina Neïolova, Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva, Galina Volchek, Norbert Kuchinke
Rating77%
Un homme, partagé entre sa femme et sa maîtresse, mène une double vie qui l'harasse et s'enferme dans le mensonge. Pourtant, malgré l'aggravation de la situation, il ne peut se décider à choisir
Mimino (1977)
, 1h37Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Vakhtang Kikabidze, Frounzik Mkrtchian, Evgueni Leonov, Borislav Brondoukov, Savely Kramarov, Leonid Kouravliov
Rating80%
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze) works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircraft, so he decides to go to Moscow to follow his dream. There in a hotel he meets Armenian truck driver Roobik Khachikyan (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) who is given a place in that hotel by mistake instead of another Khachikyan (Professor), and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow.
Afonya (1976)
, 1h32Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Leonid Kouravliov, Evgueni Leonov, Yevgeniya Simonova, Savely Kramarov, Nina Maslova, Borislav Brondoukov
Rating77%
Unlucky plumber – Afanasy Borshchov (Afonya) (Leonid Kuravlev) and his friend Fedulov (Borislav Brondukov) spend all day and night avoiding work and finding opportunities to drink. Afonya takes "kickbacks" from clients and is often in trouble with the local committee for his behaviour.
Hopelessly Lost (1973)
, 1h33Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Vladimir Bassov, Roman Sergueïevitch Madianov, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Evgueni Leonov, Vladimir Ivashov, Irina Skobtseva
Rating68%
Abandonné par son père, clochard et ivrogne, le jeune Huck est confié par les autorités à la veuve Douglas. Il est obligé d'apprendre les bonnes manières et s'habitue difficilement à sa nouvelle vie. De retour à la ville le père propose à la veuve Douglas trois cents dollars pour récupérer son fils, et quand la veuve refuse, il kidnappe Huck et l'enferme dans sa cabane sur les rives du fleuve Mississippi.
Don't Grieve! (1969)
, 1h34Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vakhtang Kikabidze, Sergo Zakariadze, Anastasia Vertinskaïa, Frounzik Mkrtchian, Sofiko Tchiaoureli, Dodo Abashidze
Rating77%
L'action se déroule en Géorgie tsariste. Le vieux médecin Levan Tsintsadze veut marier sa fille Mary avec son jeune collègue Benjamin Glonti. Mais Mary a un autre désir...
Thirty-three (1965)
, 1h17Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Genres Comedy
Actors Evgueni Leonov, Nonna Mordioukova, Lyubov Sokolova, Viktor Avdyushko, Savely Kramarov, Inna Tchourikova
Rating70%
A rough factory worker of a distant rural Russian town becomes a national celebrity when it is discovered that his mouth bears 33 teeth. He is brought to Moscow, where he discovers a new world for him. Suddenly it becomes known that he with his 33rd tooth can be a descendant of Martians and he is selected for a dangerous space mission.
, 1h18Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexeï Loktev, Galina Polskikh, Lyubov Sokolova, Vladimir Bassov, Rolan Bykov
Rating77%
The film opens at a Moscow airport in summer 1963. A young man, Volodya (Aleksei Loktev), calls out to a young woman he sees singing to herself and dancing.
Scriptwriter
Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Nikolaï Goubenko, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Igor Kvacha, Gueorgui Danielia
Rating59%
The remake follows the plot of the original with minor changes. While the original story was set in 1980s, the remake is set in 2010s, some of the scenes were altered, and the two new protagonists are different from their 1986 counterparts.
The Passport (1990)
, 1h43Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Gérard Darmon, Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva, Oleg Yankovsky, Armen Djigarkhanian, Igor Kvacha, Evgueni Leonov
Rating74%
Deux demi-frères, Yasha et Merab, habitent à Tbilissi en Géorgie. Yasha est musicien et Merab chauffeur de taxi. En 1987, Yasha décide de partir pour Israël. Merab, qui souhaite rester, l'accompagne à Moscou. Dans l'aéroport, ils souhaitent boire un verre de champagne ensemble avant de se séparer. Merab va acheter une bouteille dans la zone des boutiques hors taxes en utilisant le passeport de son frère, sans se rendre compte qu'il ne peut pas revenir en arrière.
Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
, 2h15Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Space opera
Actors Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgueni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Rating78%
The film is set in 1980s Moscow. Standing right in the city centre on Kalinin Prospekt, a barefoot man dressed in a tattered coat appeals to anyone with a strange request: "Tell me the number of your planet in the tenture? Or least the number of your galaxy in the spiral?". Random passers-by, two Soviet citizens previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, Vladimir Mashkov, and a "Violinist", a student from Georgia, Gedevan Aleksidze), start a conversation with him, during which the stranger shows them an alien teleportation device – "traveller". The foreman Mashkov holds out his hand to the device and, despite the stranger's warnings, presses a random button. Suddenly Uncle Vova and the violinist find themselves alone on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy. From that point on, the movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.