Kakhi Kavsadze
Kakhi Kavsadze | |
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 Kakhi Kavsadze at the 38th Moscow International Film Festival | |
| Born | 5 June 1935 |
| Died | 27 April 2021 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–2021 |
| Awards | People’s Artist (1981) |
Kakhi Kavsadze (Georgian: კახი კავსაძე K’akhi K’avsadze; June 5, 1935 – April 27, 2021) was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.
Early life[]
He was born in Tbilisi. After his birth, his parents moved to Tkibuli. His father David Kavsadze was a choirleader who, while serving in the Red Army during World War II, was taken prisoner, led a choir in the prison camp, and helped to save the lives of many Georgian prisoners, but after the war was charged with treason and exiled to Sverdlovsk Oblast.[1]
Kakhi Kavsadze graduated in 1959 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University and the Rustaveli Theatre.
Career[]
Kavsadze made his debut in cinema in the 1950s. He was awarded the title of People’s Artist (1981) and won the Festival Prize at Dushanbe (1989).[2]
His notable roles include Adam (Divine Comedy), Tavadi Kotsia (Gushindelni), Devdariani (Sabraldebo daskvna), Iliko (Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion), Simon Chachava (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), Lord (Richard III), Kent (King Lear) and Rasputin (Kvachi Kvachantiradze).[3]
He died in Tbilisi.
Selected filmography[]
| Year | Name | Role |
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| 1970 | White Sun of the Desert | Abdullah |
| 1971 | A Necklace for My Beloved | Zaur |
| 1976 | The Saplings | David |
| 1978 | Centaurs | Ugo |
| 1982 | Melodies of Vera Quarter | Foreigner |
| 1984 | Love at First Sight | Selim |
| 1985 | Vodyanoy | |
| 1987 | Repentance | Mikheil Koresheli |
| 1988 | Andro | |
| 1988 | Alonso Quijano | |
| 1991 | Lado Kavsadze | |
| 1992 | The Wishing Tree | Rebel Ioram |
| 1994 | Iavnana | grandpa |
| 1996 | Elizbar, artist | |
| 1996 | A Chef in Love | Le Président |
| 2013 | Blind Dates | Sandro's Father |
References[]
- ^ G.R. (8 May 2012). "Kakhi Kavsadze in the Archive". The Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Extra detail in the Georgian language version.
- ^ "Kakhi Kavsadze". IMDb.
- ^ Mchedlishvili, David A. "კახი კავსაძე (1935)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
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- Male film actors from Georgia (country)
- Russian male film actors
- Soviet male film actors
- People's Artists of Georgia
- 21st-century male actors from Georgia (country)
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country)