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Mikheil Gelovani (Georgian: მიხეილ გელოვანი, Russified as Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Гелова́ни, Mikhail Georgievich Gelovani; 6 January [O.S. 25 December 1892] 1893 – 21 December 1956) was a Soviet and Georgian actor, known for his numerous portrayals of Joseph Stalin in cinema, starring in fifteen historic movies mostly about the early Soviet era.[1] He was recognized as People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.

Mikheil Gelovani
Born(1893-01-06)6 January 1893
Lasuria, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died21 December 1956(1956-12-21) (aged 63)
Moscow, Soviet Union
OccupationActor, director
Years active1913–1956

Biography



Early life


Mikheil Gelovani was a descendant of the old Georgian princely house of Gelovani.[2] He made his stage debut in a theater in Batumi during 1913. From 1919 to 1920, he attended the Drama Studio in Tiflis. In the two following years, he was a member of the cast in the city's Rustaveli Theatre. From 1923, he worked as an actor and a director in Georgian SSR's Goskinprom film studio.[3] In 1924, he first appeared on screen in the film Three Lives.[4] He moved to the Armenian SSR's Armenkino production unit in 1927. In addition to his cinematic work, Gelovani continued to appear in theater, and performed on stages in Kutaisi and Baku. In 1936 he returned to the ensemble of the Rustaveli Theatre, and remained there for three years.[5]


Antebellum


In 1938, Gelovani first portrayed Stalin in Mikheil Chiaureli's The Great Dawn. His performance won him the Order of the Red Banner of Labour on 1 February 1939 and the Stalin Prize during 1941.[3] Afterwards, Gelovani "established a monopoly on the role of Stalin", which he continued to portray in twelve other pictures until the premier's death.[6] Gelovani greatly resembled Stalin physically, except in his stature: he was much taller than the latter.[7] Reportedly, he was not the premier's favorite candidate for depicting himself on screen: since he was Georgian, he mimicked Stalin's accent "to perfection". Therefore, the leader personally preferred Aleksei Dikiy, who used classic Russian pronunciation. However, Gelovani appeared in his role much more than Dikiy.[8] According to The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats, Gelovani had probably portrayed the same historical figure more than any other actor.[9] When the two met, the general secretary told the actor: "you are observing me thoroughly... You do not waste time, do you?"[10]

Soviet cinema played an important part in cultivating Stalin's cult of personality: from 1937 onward, in a gradual process, Stalin's reign was legitimized by depicting him as Vladimir Lenin's most devout follower[11] and by positively presenting historical autocrats - like in Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible.[12]


Later years


Due to his identification with Stalin, Gelovani was barred from playing other roles in cinema; he was not allowed to depict "mere mortals".[13] From 1942 to 1948, he was a member of the cast in the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre.[5] During World War II, the personality cult was abandoned in favor of patriotic motifs, but returned already at the war's late stages, and with greater intensity than ever after 1945: Stalin was soon credited as the sole architect of victory.[14] In the postwar films in which he portrayed him – The Vow, The Fall of Berlin and The Unforgettable Year 1919 – Gelovani presented the leader as "a living god".[15]

The actor was awarded three more Stalin Prizes, all of which were granted for his performances of the premier in film: in 1942 for The Defence of Tsaritsyn, in 1947 for The Vow and in 1950 for The Fall of Berlin. On 3 June 1950, he was given the title People's Artist of the USSR.[3]

After Stalin's death in 1953, Gelovani was denied new roles in films, since he was completely identified with the character of the dead ruler.[16][17] From 1953 until his death in 1956, he acted in Moscow's State Theater for Film Actors.[5] Andreas Kilb wrote that he ended his life "a pitiful Kagemusha" of Stalin.[18] Gelovani is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, alongside his wife Ludmila.[19]

Following Nikita Khrushchev's Secret Speech in 1956, most of the pictures he appeared in as Stalin were either banned or had the relevant scenes removed.[16]


Filmography


As actor
YearFilm Role
1924Three Lives Bakhva
1925Rider from the Wild West N/A
1926The Ninth Wave Avalov
1927Two Hunters Turiko
1927Evil Spirit Crazy Danel
1931Out of the Way! N/A
1934Good-bye Spiridon Lomidze
1934The Last Masquerade Rostomi
1937The Return of Maxim N/A
1937Orange Valley Kirile
1938The Man with the Gun Joseph Stalin
1938The Great Dawn
1939Lenin in 1918 (scenes deleted)
1939The Vyborg Side Platon Vassilievich Dymba
1940Siberians Joseph Stalin
1941Valery Chkalov (scenes deleted)
1942The Defense of Tsaritsyn
1946The Vow (banned)
1949The Fall of Berlin (banned)
1950The Lights of Baku
1953The Fires of Baku (scenes deleted)
1952The Miners of the Donetsk
1952The Unforgettable Year 1919 (banned[citation needed])
1953Jambyl Jabayev
1953Hostile Whirlwinds (scenes deleted)
As director
YearFilm
1927Evil Spirit
1929Youth Wins
1931Deed of Valour
1931True Caucasian

References


  1. Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 246–248. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. Dumin, Grebelskii, Lapin. p. 80.
  3. Torchinov, Leontiuk. p. 146.
  4. Yutkevich, Afanaseev. p. 92.
  5. Prokhorov. p. 160.
  6. Rappaport. p. 40.
  7. Beumers. p. 96.
  8. Taylor. p. 228.
  9. Robertsons. p. 105.
  10. Montefiore. p. 517.
  11. Plamper, Heller. pp. 228-229.
  12. Dobrenko. p. 59.
  13. Taylor, Spring. p. 164.
  14. Youngblood. p. 95.
  15. Boobeyer. p. 113
  16. A. Bernstein (September 1989). "Mikhail Gelovani: One-Role Actor". Soviet Film. 9: 16–17. ISSN 0201-8373.
  17. Zaleski. p. 146.
  18. Andreas Kilb (20 September 1991). "Die Meister des Abgesangs" [The Masters of the Swan Song]. zeit.de (in German). Die Zeit. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  19. Mikheil Gelovani Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. novodevichiynecropol.ru.

Bibliography





На других языках


[de] Micheil Gelowani

Michail Georgijewitsch Gelowani (georgisch მიხეილ გელოვანი; * 25. Dezember 1892jul. / 6. Januar 1893greg. in Lasuria, Gouvernement Kutaissi, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 21. Dezember 1956 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Schauspieler und Regisseur georgischer Herkunft. Als Darsteller Stalins in den Monumentalfilmen von Micheil Tschiaureli prägte er das öffentliche Bild des sowjetischen Diktators und trug zum Personenkult bei, der um ihn gebildet wurde.
- [en] Mikheil Gelovani

[ru] Геловани, Михаил Георгиевич

Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Гелова́ни (груз. მიხაილ გეორგიევჩი გელოვანი; 6 января 1893 (25 декабря 1892) — 21 декабря 1956) — советский актёр театра и кино, режиссёр. Народный артист СССР (1950), лауреат четырёх Сталинских премий (1941, 1942, 1947, 1950).



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