Edisher Magalashvili

Born: 1925-01-04

Edisher Magalashvili (January 4, 1925 - January 26, 2005) was a Georgian actor. He was born in Tbilisi. Magalashvili studied at the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in Tbilisi, where he was invited to play a minor role in the film “Akaki’s cradle” by director Konstantine Pipinashvili in 1947. After this role, Edisher decided to become a professional actor. In 1947, he graduated from the film school of the Tbilisi Film Studio, and in 1953, he graduated from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute in Tbilisi. From 1946 to 1950, he worked as an actor at the Tbilisi Film Studio. From 1948 to 1964, he worked at the Marjanishvili Theater, and from 1964, he worked at the Rustaveli Theater. He was married to pianist Natalia Kavtaradze, a graduate of the Tbilisi Conservatory. They had two children, George, a neurosurgeon, and Mikhail, a cinematographer. He passed away on January 26, 2005.


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Roots

as Passenger of Train
Released: 1987-07-04

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village...

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Mameluke

as Revia
Released: 1958-09-14

In Arabic, “mameluke” means a white slave, a prisoner. In Egypt, this name was given to...

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You Can't See What You Have Seen

as uncredited
Released: 1965-07-12

The young craftsman Gogia and the village girl Tasia fall in love with each other. Arriving in...

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The Blue Notebook

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-01

In the summer of 1917, Vladimir Lenin leaves Petrograd and shelters in Razliv with fellow...

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Star of Hope

as David-Bek
Released: 1978-10-15

Two part film about David Bek and Mkhitar Sparapet's major Armenian uprising against Safavid...

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The Nylon Christmas Tree

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-01

A group of people who happen to be on the same bus try to get home on the New Year's Eve, but...

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This Is How Mayakovsky Began

as David
Released: 1958-10-01

Based on the autobiographical book "Ya -sam" (I-myself) by Vladimir Mayakovsky the leading...

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The Flood

as Stephen
Released: 1971-11-15

Georgia of the 1920s. An honest, charming, but naive fisherman Lado helps all those in need. And...

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Отклонение - ноль

as uncredited
Released: 1978-02-20

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Fire

as uncredited
Released: 1974-07-29

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Spring in Sakeni

as Kesou Mirba
Released: 1950-01-01

The film depicts the life of a Georgian village after the Second World War. Kesou Mirba,...

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Case Goes to Court

as Mikhail Yevgenidze
Released: 1976-01-01

A young assistant prosecutor was entrusted with the case involving a collapsed bridge,...

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Bravo, Albert Lolish!

as Stepane Zandukeli
Released: 1988-09-01

A tireless fighter for technological progress, Alik Lolishvili, a resident of old Tiflis,...

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Spirali

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-01-01

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