Nikoloz Shengelaia

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.

Other name:

Николай Шенгелая,

Nikolay Shengelaya,

ნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაია,

Nikoloz Shengelaya,

Nicholas Shengelia,

Н. Шенгелая

Gender:

Male

Birthday:

Aug 8, 1903

Deathday:

4 thg 1, 1943

Place of birth:

Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire