Zurab Kapianidze
Zurab Kapanadze (born April 1, 1937, Nakieti village, Oni district - died July 4, 2011, Tbilisi) was a Georgian actor. People’s Artist of Georgia (1979), Laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1985).
In 1961, he graduated from the theatrical faculty of the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in Tbilisi. From 1961 to 1964, he worked at the Kutaisi Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theater. From 1964, he was an actor at the “Georgian Film” studio.
From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the Georgian Parliament of the 5th convocation, on the list of the electoral bloc “Revival of Georgia”.
He passed away in Tbilisi in 2011 and was buried in the Didube Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures, the resting place of many prominent Georgian artists, scientists, and public figures.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3087 |
| Birthday | 1937-04-02 |
| Place of Birth | Nakieti village, Oni district, Georgian SSR, USSR |
| Also Known As | Zura Qapianidze, |
1968
Crucified Island
7/2
Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Te...
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Crucified Island
1978
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...
6.5/2
A third of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.
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Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...
1974
Story of Ivane Kotorashvili
6.5/2
Ivane does not think about starting a family life, so the villagers deicide to force him marry and try to take him and his bride to the church using a...
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Story of Ivane Kotorashvili
1980
Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
6.2/5
Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various reasons cannot resist the feeling of nostalgia an...
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Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
1966
Falling Leaves
5.413/23
A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
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Falling Leaves
1973
Stealing Of The Moon
7.5/2
The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s throu...
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Stealing Of The Moon
1969
Tariel Golua
9/1
Georgian village during the revolution of 1905. The struggle of the peasantry against the landlords. Tariel Golua's son, Levan, leads the rebellion. T...
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Tariel Golua
1971
Waiting
7/1
Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ket...
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Waiting
1983
The Bandit From The Brick Factory
10/1
Vazha, also known as Pkhinko, is a kind hearted person. He cannot remain indifferent when a man is beaten, but if he deserves it, he can punish himsel...
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The Bandit From The Brick Factory
1971
Gladiator
9/1
An elderly lion tamer can't even tame a dog anymore, however he can not retire from his favorite job and so he is forced to do tricks himself instead...
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Gladiator
1968
Alooba
7.5/2
The wife advises her husband, who is exhausted by the whole day's work to mix water in the wine to sell in the market, but for her husband it is a mat...
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Alooba
1985
The Nylon Christmas Tree
4.25/4
A group of people who happen to be on the same bus try to get home on the New Year's Eve, but their bus is delayed by numerous obstacles, and the tens...
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The Nylon Christmas Tree
1986
New Arcadia
2/1
Two pensioners sheltered a lost cow on the ninth floor of a city house.
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New Arcadia
1969
Pirosmani
6.897/39
A biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paint...
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Pirosmani
1978
The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel
6.6/10
The extraordinary adventures of schoolboy Vasya Lopotukhin aboard the yacht of the famous Captain Vrungel and his cheerful first mate Lom…The dashing...
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The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1973
Wedding
5.429/7
Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetn...
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Wedding
1972
The Saplings
4.857/7
Old Luka dreams to plant rare pear saplings in his orchard, so that after years his beloved grandson Kakha will enjoy its fruits. In his tough journey...
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The Saplings
1976
Living Legends
6.5/2
The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures...
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Living Legends
1966
Londre
4.333/9
This touching comedy follows a poor soldier who is mistaken for Jesus Christ in a poor village. The film tells the story of a quick-witted and resourc...
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Londre
1978
I Want to See You
10/1
Fritz Schmenkel, a farm worker and soldier in the fascist Wehrmacht, deserts in Belarus in 1941. He wants to survive, makes his way to Russian farmers...
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I Want to See You
1985
The Fastest People in the World
6.5/8
Rachvelians, notables with their slowness tell awkward, partly unbelievable and very funny anecdotes they have gone through, while their countryman pa...
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The Fastest People in the World
1967
Morning Bells
7.667/3
Young Teacher Lado moves to the village, where he falls in love with Ketu,a young librarian, but Ketu has been engaged to a fellow villager since chil...
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Morning Bells
1981
The Snow Wedding
8/1
A vaudeville based on a love story. Young Bela hurries by taxi to her fiance, to whom she was engaged in early childhood. A landslide in the mountains...
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The Snow Wedding
1970
Feola
6.1/10
A man is put in charge of organizing a children's soccer team, but he doesn't know anything about the sport.
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Feola
1967
The Plea
6.286/21
Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s t...
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The Plea
1966
Ballad of Khevsureti
5.625/12
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fiftee...
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Ballad of Khevsureti
1990
Oh, This Terrible TV
4/2
Photographer Tazo has almost everything - an old apartment in old Tbilisi, and a lady of his heart, and work, and football... All that is missing for...
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Oh, This Terrible TV
1979
Zealous Piglet
0/0
The piglet became famous throughout the village for his tricks. Having spent time with him, the owners, Marta and her son Kukuri, took the prankster t...
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Zealous Piglet
1970
Chermen
7.333/3
This historic drama is set in an Ossetian village in the 17th century. The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to as...
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Chermen
1970
Star of My Town
0/0
Ololi, a young actress, returns to her family and hometown after separating from her husband. Her father's colleague wants to marry her, but his desir...
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Star of My Town
1973
Clicks
0/0
Screen adaptation of F. Gorenshtein's satirical stories. A short story film allegorically depicting the life of Soviet Georgia.
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Clicks
1966
Mikha
8/3
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Mikha
1973
Old Musicians
5/1
The film tells the story of three elderly musicians who preserve the charm of old Tbilisi in their modern life. Their children died in the war, and th...
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Old Musicians
1977
On the Track of the Wolf
6/2
The film reproduces the events of the summer of 1921, when Kotovsky, at the head of a separate cavalry brigade, completed the defeat of the Antonov co...
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On the Track of the Wolf
1978
Small Town of Anara
8/2
Tadeoz Toroshelidze is the most reknowned wine drinker in the whole area. Once he even won a drinking horn in a competition that has rested in his hou...
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Small Town of Anara
1981
Open the Windows
9/1
The main character is Nodar Geradze, an organizer of song and dance ensembles and a collector of ancient Georgian music.
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Open the Windows
1984
Georgians in the Sky
7/1
The Messenger of God appears to the passengers of the plane and asks each of them about their sins. An extreme situation reveals the hidden nature of...
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Georgians in the Sky
1977
Return
5.733/15
Vazha served his sentence for stealing a cow and returned to the village. Upon his return, he decided to repair the house. His friends promised to hel...
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Return
1984
Five Brides Before the One
8/1
The friends decide to marry the young veterinarian, Bachuta, and make a list of possible brides, but Bachuta is already in love with Taliko, who works...
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Five Brides Before the One
1975
Avalanche
7/1
The story of the enthusiasts of the 1930s - the pioneers of the Khibiny and conquerors of the icy tundra.
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Avalanche
1969
Look at These Young People!
6/5
Film school desk akhladaprenil guys from Tbilisi in the early days of World War II soldier's overcoat to put on, temporarily put aside their dreams, l...
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Look at These Young People!
1971
Door
0/0
A comedic short story about an unlucky "lucky guy" who tried to steal a door from a construction site.
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