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Vakhtang Kikabidze is a Actor Georgien born on 19 july 1938 at Tbilisi (Georgie)

Vakhtang Kikabidze

Vakhtang Kikabidze
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Birth name Vakhtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze
Nationality Georgie
Birth 19 july 1938 at Tbilisi (Georgie)
Death 15 january 2023 (at 84 years)
Awards USSR State Prize

Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ "ბუბა" კიკაბიძე, Russian: Вахтанг Константинович Кикабидзе, Vahtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze; born July 19, 1938) is a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer. He performed in a number of films, among them the main role of a helicopter pilot in the iconic Soviet film Mimino.

The son of a Princess Manana Bagration-Davitashvili, Kikabidze was born in Tbilisi. He is a People's Artist of Georgia, has been awarded the USSR State Prize and the Order of the King Vakhtang Gorgasali as well as of Nikolai Wondermonger and Knight Cross of St. Konstantin the Great. He was also acknowledged by a number of various music contests and film festivals in the Soviet Union, Georgia and worldwide.

In 1999, his star was embedded on the "Star Square" in Moscow. Apart from Mimino, Kikabidze also performed in a number of other films, including "Don't be Sad" (Ne Goryui), "Melodies of Veriski Quarter" (Melodii Verijskogo Kvartala), and "Completely Lost" (Sovsem propaschij). His last film, "Fortune" (Fortuna), was directed by the famous Georgian and Soviet film director Georgi Daneliya in 2000.

As a screenwright and director, Kikabidze produced two feature films: "Be Well, Dearest One" (Bud' zdorov dorogoj), which received the top award at the International Comedy Festival in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and "Men and All Others" (Muzhchiny i vse ostal'nye).

During the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war, Kikabidze rejected Russia's Order of Friendship bestowed upon him in July 2008 and cancelled the concert dedicated to his 70th birthday which was to be held at the Kremlin as a protest against Russia's actions.

Vakhtang Kikabidze is married and has only one child, a son - Konstantin, and two grandchildren - Vakhtang (Vato) and Ioan. Vakhtang's wife, Irina, has a daughter - Marina, from a previous marriage to her first husband - Guram Sagaradze and a grandson, Giorgi. The Kikabidze family is from the Kartli region.

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Filmography of Vakhtang Kikabidze (6 films)

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Ku! Kin-dza-dza, 1h37
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Nikolaï Goubenko, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Igor Kvacha, Gueorgui Danielia
Roles Trats, the leader of smugglers(voice)
Rating59% 2.9727652.9727652.9727652.9727652.972765
The remake follows the plot of the original with minor changes. While the original story was set in 1980s, the remake is set in 2010s, some of the scenes were altered, and the two new protagonists are different from their 1986 counterparts.
TASS Is Authorized to Declare..., 11h40
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Political films
Actors Viatcheslav Tikhonov, Youri Solomine, Ivars Kalniņš, Mikhaïl Glouzski, Boris Khimichev, Janna Prokhorenko
Roles Джон Грегори Глэбб, заместитель резидента ЦРУ в Тразиленде
Rating73% 3.6801253.6801253.6801253.6801253.680125
Trianon (Boris Klyuev), a willing mole agent of Americans, is providing his CIA diplomatic-immuned handlers in Moscow with information on Soviet supplies to the fictional African state of Nagonia which he obtains through his high-positioned expert job. The KGB counterintelligence painstakingly identifies and neutralizes him. Trianon kills his fiancee who raised suspicions on his double life and then attempts to commit suicide when arrested, but the KGB secures his apprehension and interrogation.
Mimino
Mimino (1977)
, 1h37
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Vakhtang Kikabidze, Frounzik Mkrtchian, Evgueni Leonov, Borislav Brondoukov, Savely Kramarov, Leonid Kouravliov
Roles Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari [Mimino]
Rating80% 4.04414.04414.04414.04414.0441
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze) works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircraft, so he decides to go to Moscow to follow his dream. There in a hotel he meets Armenian truck driver Roobik Khachikyan (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) who is given a place in that hotel by mistake instead of another Khachikyan (Professor), and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow.
Melodies of the Vera Quarter, 1h37
Directed by Gueorgui Chenguelaia
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Sofiko Tchiaoureli, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Dodo Abashidze, Alissa Freindlich, Kakhi Kavsadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze
Roles Pavle
Rating74% 3.7290953.7290953.7290953.7290953.729095
Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls. For that purpose she steals a cattle, firewood and a mink coat from a rich merchant's house. She warms up Pavle’s house with the stolen firewood and pays tutorship for the girls' ballet classes. Vardo gets caught for larceny. All the laundresses in the neighborhood go on strike in Vardo’s support. Scared chief of local police sets Vardo free and enlists the girls in the ballet school.
Hopelessly Lost, 1h33
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Vladimir Bassov, Roman Sergueïevitch Madianov, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Evgueni Leonov, Vladimir Ivashov, Irina Skobtseva
Roles The Duke
Rating68% 3.412783.412783.412783.412783.41278
Abandonné par son père, clochard et ivrogne, le jeune Huck est confié par les autorités à la veuve Douglas. Il est obligé d'apprendre les bonnes manières et s'habitue difficilement à sa nouvelle vie. De retour à la ville le père propose à la veuve Douglas trois cents dollars pour récupérer son fils, et quand la veuve refuse, il kidnappe Huck et l'enferme dans sa cabane sur les rives du fleuve Mississippi.
Don't Grieve!, 1h34
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vakhtang Kikabidze, Sergo Zakariadze, Anastasia Vertinskaïa, Frounzik Mkrtchian, Sofiko Tchiaoureli, Dodo Abashidze
Roles Benjamin Glonti
Rating77% 3.8775253.8775253.8775253.8775253.877525
L'action se déroule en Géorgie tsariste. Le vieux médecin Levan Tsintsadze veut marier sa fille Mary avec son jeune collègue Benjamin Glonti. Mais Mary a un autre désir...