Kote Mikaberidze

Kote Mikaberidze, born in 1896 at Bagdati, was an actor at the theatres of Kutaisi and Batumi before joining those of Tbilisi, then moved to cinema, where the example of Dziga Vertov left its mark on him. He directed only a handful of films, and only one of them has survived. Sentenced in 1957 to two years in prison for anti-Soviet remarks and for his criticism of the film administration, he made no more films. He died in Tbilisi in 1973, three years before the restoration that would bring his first film back to light; the National Archives of Georgia devoted an exhibition to him in 2017.

In the catalogue 1

• Cinemaჩემი ბებიაKote Mikaberidze · 1929Cinema