Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili (), born 19 June 1935, died 22 December 2010, was a Russian

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and

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and actor. Tumanishvili is best known of his 1980s

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Hit Back ''Hit Back'' (, translit. '' Otvetnyy khod'') is a 1981 Soviet action war movie directed by Mikhail Tumanishvili. It is a sequel to ''In the Zone of Special Attention''. Plot As the military exercises "Shield" come to a close, the "Sout ...

'', ''

Incident at Map Grid 36-80 ''Incident at Map Grid 36-80'' () is a 1982 Soviet military action movie by Mikhail Tumanishvili. The total number of Soviet viewers was estimated at 33,100,000 people. Plot The film is set in the 1980s, when Soviet Naval Aviation Tu-16 pilots ...

'' and '' The Detached Mission'', which is often referred as the Soviet Rambo. He was born in

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as the son of film director Josef Tumanishvili, who was also the chief of Moscow Operetta Theatre and the

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. Tumanishvili graduated from the actors faculty of

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and the musical direction department of

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. He worked as a stage director in

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and started making films in 1981. Tumanishvili was the head director of the

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and closing ceremonies of the

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in Moscow.

Selected filmography

As director

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'' (1981) *''

'' (1982) *''Obstacle Сourse'' (1984) *'' The Detached Mission'' (1985) *''Free Fall'' (1987) *'' Crash – Cop's Daughter (1989) *'' Wolfhound'' (1991) *''Stalin's Testament'' (1993) *''Crusader'' (1995)

As actor

*''

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'' (1957) *''Battle in the Way'' (1961) *''Life First'' (1961) *''

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'' (1962) *''Crusader'' (1995)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tumanishvili, Mikhail 1935 births 2010 deaths Russian people of Georgian descent Soviet theatre directors Soviet film directors Soviet male film actors Male actors from Moscow Russian film directors Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni