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Bashi-Achuki (1956)
Directed by Leo Esakia
Adventure, History, Romance · 1h 30m
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.
Cast
Otar Koberidze
Bashi-Achuki
Lia Eliava
Mzisa and Mtvarisa
Medea Chakhava
Melano
Dodo Chichinadze
Nino
Kote Daushvili
Selimkhani
Iusuf (Ioseb) Kobaladze
Prince Cholokashvili
Meri Davitashvili
Tomsal-Mako
Guram Sagaradze
Peiqar Mirza
David Abashidze
Abdushahili
Marina Tbileli
Giorgi Shavgulidze
Crew
- Director
- Leo Esakia
- Screenplay
- Lado Karsanidze
- Novel
- Akaki Tsereteli
- Director of Photography
- Aleksandre Lortkipanidze, Davit Kandelaki
Details
- Original title
- ბაში-აჩუკი
- Release date
- 1956-12-02
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Adventure, History, Romance
- Original language
- KA
- Spoken languages
- Georgian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Georgia-Film