Bashi-Achuki (1956)
The 17th century rebellion in Kakheti masterminded by Bidzina Cholokashvili gets about the whole Georgia. An Imeretian youth nicknamed as Bashi-Achuk is a real exterminator of the Persians. He attacks the Persian escort and sets free the Georgian women who were supposed to be locked up in the Shah’s harem. Bashi-Achuk’s twin sisters are among the rescued captives. Abdushahil, a Persian warrior who was defeated by Bashi-Achuk in wrestling, falls in love with Mzisa, Bashi-achuk’s sister. Mzisa brings Abdushahil to the camp of the Georgian rebels. Abdushahil learns that he is a Georgian too. As a child he was kidnapped and brought up in Persia. Abdushahil’s army gives up and the Georgians win the battle.
Director:
Leo Esakia
Writer:
Lado Karsanidze
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Otar Koberidze as Bashi-Achuki |
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Lia Eliava as Mzisa and Mtvarisa |
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Medea Chakhava as Melano |
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Dodo Chichinadze as Nino |
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Kote Daushvili as Selimkhani |
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Iusuf (Ioseb) Kobaladze as Prince Cholokashvili |
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Meri Davitashvili as Tomsal-Mako |
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Guram Sagaradze as Peiqar Mirza |
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David Abashidze as Abdushahili |
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Marina Tbileli as |
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Giorgi Shavgulidze as |
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Nikoloz Tsiklauri as |
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Irakli Kokrashvili as |
| Directing | Leo Esakia | Director |
| Writing | Akaki Tsereteli | Novel |
| Writing | Lado Karsanidze | Screenplay |
| Sound | Sulkhan Tsintsadze | Music |
| Art | Revaz Mirzashvili | Art Direction |
| Camera | Aleksandre Lortkipanidze | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Davit Kandelaki | Director of Photography |