''The Case of Tariel Mklavadze'' (Georgian: ''ტარიელ მკლავაძის მკვლელობის საქმე'') is a 1925 Soviet
silent horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
directed by
Ivane Perestiani.
[Дело Тариэла Мклавадзе // Советские художественные фильмы. Аннотированный каталог: �ус./ Редактор В. А. Рязанова. — М.: Искусство, 1961. — Т. I. Немые фильмы (1918—1935). — С. 88. — 510 с. — 3000 экз]
Plot
Schoolteacher Spiridon Mtsirishvili (
Kote Mikaberidze) and his wife Despine (
Nato Vachnadze
Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze ( ka, ნატო ვაჩნაძე), born Natalia Andronikashvili ( ka, ნატო ანდრონიკაშვილი), (14 June 1904 – 14 June 1953) was a Georgian and Soviet film actress. She started h ...
) rent a room at a small inn. Tariel Mklavadze (
Mikheil Kadagidze), a local nobleman becomes smitten by Despine, resolving to have her by any means necessary. With the help of his comrades, Tariel begins a series of encounters aimed at terrifying the young couple, all the while attempting to kidnap Despine.
Cast
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Kote Mikaberidze as Spiridon Mtsirishvili
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Nato Vachnadze
Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze ( ka, ნატო ვაჩნაძე), born Natalia Andronikashvili ( ka, ნატო ანდრონიკაშვილი), (14 June 1904 – 14 June 1953) was a Georgian and Soviet film actress. She started h ...
as Despine
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Mikheil Kadagidze as Tariel Mklavadze
* Dimitri Kipiani
Production
''The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze'' was directed by Perestiani.
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1925 films
1925 crime drama films
1925 horror films
1925 romantic drama films
1920s horror drama films
1920s Soviet films
1920s Russian-language films
Russian-language crime drama films
Russian-language romantic drama films
Films directed by Ivan Perestiani
Silent horror drama films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet crime drama films
Soviet horror drama films
Soviet romantic drama films
Soviet silent feature films
Soviet-era films from Georgia (country)
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