Nikoloz Shengelaia

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Born: 1903-08-08
Died: 1943-01-04
From: Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Николай ШенгелаяNikolay Shengelayaნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაიაNikoloz ShengelayaNicholas Shengelia

Biography

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.

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Awards & Nominations3 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

1941
🏆 Won

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1939
🏆 Won

Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

1935