Nikoloz Shengelaia

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.

Personal information

Known for: Writing

Gender: Male

Date of birth: 08/08/1903

Date of death: 04/01/1943

Place of birth: Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

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