---
title: 'Giorgi Saakadze (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mikheil Chiaureli'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 184
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/giorgi-saakadze-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034781/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Giorgi Saakadze (1942)

1942 · 184 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: გიორგი სააკაძე

## Synopsis

Giorgi Saakadze is a 1942 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli. The screenplay was written by Anna Antonovskaya and Boris Chenry on the basis of Antonovskaya's 1942 Stalin Prize-winning six-volume novel, Veliky Mouravi. The film is a dramatization of the story of Giorgi Saakadze, a 17th-century Georgian political and military leader who was celebrated as a national hero of Georgia in Soviet wartime propaganda. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was personally involved in modifying the movie's script.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mikheil Chiaureli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikheil-chiaureli-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Anna Antonovska](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-antonovska), [Boris Chenry](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-chenry)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andria Balanchivadze](https://cinepixo.com/people/andria-balanchivadze)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alexander Dighmelashvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-dighmelashvili)

## Cast

- [Medea Japaridze](https://cinepixo.com/people/medea-japaridze)
- [Aleksandre Zhorzholiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandre-zhorzholiani)
- [Ivan Perestiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-perestiani)
- [Kokhta Karalashvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/kokhta-karalashvili)
- [Giorgi Shavgulidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgi-shavgulidze)
- [Sergo Zakariadze](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergo-zakariadze)
- [Akaki Khorava](https://cinepixo.com/people/akaki-khorava)
- [Akaki Vasadze](https://cinepixo.com/people/akaki-vasadze)
- [Merab Kokochashvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/merab-kokochashvili)
- [Kote Daushvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/kote-daushvili)
- [Shalva Gambashidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/shalva-gambashidze)
- [Veriko Anjaparidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/veriko-anjaparidze)
- [Karaman Mgeladze](https://cinepixo.com/people/karaman-mgeladze)
- [Spartak Bagashvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/spartak-bagashvili)
- [Nikoloz Kandelaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikoloz-kandelaki)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/giorgi-saakadze-1942
Film facts: Wikidata (Q4135881); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.