Film

Bashi-Achuki

1956 · 1h 30m · Adventure · History · Romance

IMDb

7.1

The 17th century rebellion in Kakheti masterminded by Bidzina Cholokashvili gets about the whole Georgia. An Imeretian youth nicknamed as Bashi-Achuk is a real exterminator of the Persians. He attacks the Persian escort and sets free the Georgian women who were supposed to be locked up in the Shah’s harem. Bashi-Achuk’s twin sisters are among the rescued captives. Abdushahil, a Persian warrior who was defeated by Bashi-Achuk in wrestling, falls in love with Mzisa, Bashi-achuk’s sister. Mzisa brings Abdushahil to the camp of the Georgian rebels. Abdushahil learns that he is a Georgian too. As a child he was kidnapped and brought up in Persia. Abdushahil’s army gives up and the Georgians win the battle.

Otar Koberidze

Bashi-Achuki

Lia Eliava

Mzisa and Mtvarisa

Medea Chakhava

Melano

Dodo Chichinadze

Nino

Kote Daushvili

Selimkhani

Iusuf (Ioseb) Kobaladze

Prince Cholokashvili

Meri Davitashvili

Tomsal-Mako

Guram Sagaradze

Peiqar Mirza

David Abashidze

Abdushahili

Marina Tbileli

Giorgi Shavgulidze

Nikoloz Tsiklauri

Irakli Kokrashvili

Mikhail Chikhladze

• Leo EsakiaDirector
• Lado KarsanidzeScreenplay
• Akaki TsereteliNovel
• Aleksandre LortkipanidzeDirector of Photography
• Davit KandelakiDirector of Photography

Release date

December 2, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

Georgian

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Adventure, History, Romance