Birth name Ramaz Grigoryevich Chkhikvadze NationalityGeorgie Birth 28 february 1928 at Tbilisi (Georgie) Death 17 october 2011 (at 83 years) at Tbilisi (Georgie) Awards People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin, USSR State Prize
Ramaz Chkhikvadze (in Georgian: რამაზ ჩხიკვაძე) was a Georgian film and theater actor. First appearing in the 1954 film "The Dragonfly" (Chrichina), he starred in over 60 films during his career. He won the award for Best Actor at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in The Saplings.
Ramaz Chkhikvadze caused a sensation when he appeared on stage as Richard III at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival in a production of Shakespeare’s play by the Rustaveli Theatre Company of Tbilisi, Georgia, then still part of the Soviet Union.
Honoring him posthumously, Georgian President Saakashvili issued a statement in which he said "Mr. Ramaz was a distinguished star of Georgian film and theatre and a creator of an entire epoch. The cultural heritage expressed by his unique talent and originality, on which generations have been brought up, will forever stay in the memories of his audience.
, 1h30 Directed byNana Djordjadze GenresRomance ActorsMerab Ninidze, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Anna Antonowicz, Ramaz Chkhikvadze Roles Grandfather Georgi Rating63% Datho (Merab Ninidze) has been innocent in prison for many years. When he comes home nobody wants him. His angelic wife Elene (Anna Antonowicz) has fun with a fire-eater. The two children imagined the father as a hero, not as a sorrowful knight. But everything changes when Datho reveals he has the ability of weather modification. He can freeze his enemies in the bathtub or he calls for rain so that they remain stuck in the mud.
, 1h40 Directed byNana Djordjadze OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance ThemesCooking films ActorsPierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Jean-Yves Gautier, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze Roles Anton Gogoladze Rating63% The film tells the story of Pascal Ichak, a French opera singer and chef living in Georgia, who opens a restaurant. It also shows the life in Georgia in the beginning of the 20th century, including its short period of independence (see Democratic Republic of Georgia). After the Bolshevik coup attempt of Georgia (1920), the chef refuses to emigrate and endures the brutalities of the new regime.
, 1h30 GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ActorsRamaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze Roles Akram, Murad's father Rating79% Film narrated about the first love of Murad Rasulov, an Azerbaijani ninth-former and a passionate football fan. He's in love with a girl two years older than him. This seemingly insignificant circumstance together with the girl's family tradition became a serious but brief obstacle for newlyweds.
, 1h50 Directed byAlexandre Sokourov GenresDrama ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsRamaz Chkhikvadze, Vladimir Zamansky Roles Shotover Rating65% Pour éviter les horreurs de l'histoire et les problèmes de l'existence, un homme décide de rester cloîtré dans sa maison. Film interdit par le gouvernement soviétique.
, 1h47 Directed byTenguiz Abouladze OriginGeorgie GenresDrama ActorsSofiko Tchiaoureli, Kakhi Kavsadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze Roles svyaschennik Okhrokhine Rating81% The Wishing Tree begins with a gorgeous scene, a field of roses, where an even more beautiful horse, named Tetra, is in agony. A young man, Gedya (Soso Jachvliani) rushes to his rescue, but loses the battle, and his horse dies surrounded by roses. This scene will certainly be remembered, as Abuladze will once again bring the audience back to the red roses, where in the end, only the careful viewer will understand its deep meaning. By the time Gedya finds the strength to recover from his loss, he and the entire village is stunned by the incredible beauty of a woman who has come to their town- Marita (Lika Kavjaradze). As soon as Gedya and Marita see each other, they fall in love. But their happiness won`t last forever.
, 1h37 Directed byGueorgui Chenguelaia GenresComedy, Musical ActorsSofiko Tchiaoureli, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Dodo Abashidze, Alissa Freindlich, Kakhi Kavsadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze Rating74% Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls. For that purpose she steals a cattle, firewood and a mink coat from a rich merchant's house. She warms up Pavle’s house with the stolen firewood and pays tutorship for the girls' ballet classes. Vardo gets caught for larceny. All the laundresses in the neighborhood go on strike in Vardo’s support. Scared chief of local police sets Vardo free and enlists the girls in the ballet school.
, 1h25 Directed byRevaz Tchkheidze GenresComedy ActorsRamaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze Roles Luka Rating74% Le vieux Luka rêve de planter des poiriers rares dans son verger, afin que son petit-fils bien-aimé, Kakha, puisse en savourer les fruits au fil des ans. Au cours d'un difficile voyage qu'il entreprend pour obtenir les jeunes arbres, Luka donne à Kakha de nombreuses leçons de vie.
, 1h15 Directed byTenguiz Abouladze GenresDrama, Romantic comedy, Romance ActorsNani Bregvadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Leonid Yengibarov Roles Daud Rating66% Bakhadour quitte son aoul pour chercher le cadeau pour la belle Serminaz, afin de la demander en mariage. Lors de son périple, il va affronter l’escroc Daoud, se lier d'amitié avec un acrobate Sugur, échapper à un mariage forcé et traverser d'autres difficultés encore. De ses aventures, il tirera le scénario qui sera reconnu comme le plus beau cadeau par le conseil des sages par rapport à ceux de Mukhtar et Aziz, deux autres prétendants à la main de sa bien-aimée.