Alexandre Tsutsunava

Alexandre Tsutsunava (Georgian: ალექსანდრე წუწუნავა; born 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1881 – 25 October 1955) was a Georgian theatre and film director.

Alexandre Tsutsunava Алехандре Тсутсунава
Born	Alexandre Tsutsunava (1881-01-28)28 January 1881 Likhauri, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire, today Georgia,
Died	25 October 1955(1955-10-25) (aged 74)
Nationality	Russian Empire → Democratic Republic of Georgia → Soviet Union
Occupation	Film director

His film Christine, based on a story by Egnate Ninoshvili,^[1] (Georgian: ქრისტინე) was the first Georgian feature film.^[2] His other films include Who is the Guilty?.^[3]

The Alexandre Tsutsunava Ozurgeti Drama Theatre, inaugurated in 1961 in Georgia, was named after him.^[4] In December 2017, the Gosfilmofond of Russia returned the original film Who is the Guilty? to Georgia following a 2014 deal between Russia and Georgia.^[5] In 2021, the Georgian National Film Center had fully restored Tsutsunava's film Revolt in Guria (1928).^[6]

Filmography

As director

• Janki guriashi (1928)
• Khanuma (1926)
• Ori monadire (1927)
• Vin aris damnashave ? (1925)
• Qristine (1918)
• Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909)

As writer

• Janki guriashi (1928)
• Khanuma (1926)
• Ori monadire (1927)
• Vin aris damnashave ? (1925)
• Qristine (1918)