Background
GELOVANI, Mikhail was born on January 6, 1893.
GELOVANI, Mikhail was born on January 6, 1893.
1918-1920 studied at Tbilisi Theater Studio.
1913 began stage work. Played in Baku, Tbilisi and Kutaisi theaters. 1921-1922 and 1936-1939 at Tbilisi Rustaveli Theater.
1942-1948 at Moscow Academy Arts Theater. From 1924 also film actor. From 1927 film director, Arm Film Studio.
First Geo actor to play the role of Stalin. Roles: on the stage: Kotsio in Dadiani’s 'Things of Yesterday”. Taricl Mklavadzc in Ninoshvili’s Tariel Mklavadze.
Stalin in Dadiani’s "From the Spark..” (1937) and Chelovek s ruzh'yom (Man With A Gun) (1939), etc. In films: Bakhva Pulava in Tri zhizni (Three Lives) (1925). Avalov in Dcvyatyy val (The Ninth Wave) (1926) Rostom in Posledniy maskarad (Last Masquerade) (1934), etc.
Stalin in the films: Velikoye zarevo (The Great Glow) (1938), Chelovek s ruzh’yom (Man With a Gun) (1938), Vyborgskaya storona (The Vyborg Side) (1939), Lenin v 1918 godu (Lenin in 1918) (1939). Valeriy Chkalov (1941), Oborona Tsaritsyna (Defense of Tsaritsyn) (1942), Klyatva (The Oath) (1946), Padeniye Berlina (The Fall of Berlin) (1950).