Bukhuti Zakariadze ( Georgian: ''ბუხუტი ზაქარიაძე'', Russified: ''Бухути Александрович Закариадзе'' ''Bukhuti Alexandrovich Zaqariadze 1 July 1913– 12 February 1988) was a Soviet actor and a

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of the

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Biography

Zakariadze was the younger brother of award-winning Georgian actor Sergo Zakariadze. He made his debut performance on the stage of the Lado Meskhisvili Theater in

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in 1933. In 1935, he joined the cast of the

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Theater in

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, but moved to the

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Theater two years later. From 1941 to 1945, he worked in the Rustaveli Theatre. After the end of the

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, Zakariadze became a regular actor of the Mardzhashvili Georgian Academic Theater in

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, and from 1948 he performed in the

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State Theater, named after Samson Chanba. In 1953, he returned to the Rustaveli's stage, where he continued acting until his departure. Zakariadze first appeared on screen in 1956, in Tengiz Abuladze's short film ''Magdana's Donkey'', which won the

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in the 1956

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. He eventually played in more than thirty films. He was awarded the title

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of the

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, and in 1965 the distinction

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Select filmography

*1955 – ''Magdana's Donkey'' *1965 – ''Pierre – a Police Officer'' *1967 – '' Vertical'' *1970 – '' Liberation'' *1977 – '' Wounded Game'' *1985 – ''Spring''

References

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