5 Movies Starring Merab Ninidze

Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-16

Languages:

English, Swahili, German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (10343 Reviews)

Director:

Caroline Link

Cast:

Writer:

Caroline Link

Stefanie Zweig (novel)

Fullplot:

A Jewish family in Germany emigrate short before the Second World War. They move to Kenya to start running a farm, but not all members of the family come to an arrangement with their new life. Shortly after their departure, things are changing in Germany very quickly, and a turning back seems impossible. So everyone has to arrange himself with the new life in a new continent.

Luna Papa

Luna Papa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-31

Languages:

Russian, Tajik, Uzbek

Countries:

Germany, Japan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Switzerland, France, Russia

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2684 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

Irakli Kvirikadze

Fullplot:

The unborn child of Mamlakat (Khamatova) is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother (Bleibtreu) in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a traveling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

Bumazhnyy soldat

Bumazhnyy soldat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-13

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia, Netherlands

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (653 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksey German

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Vladimir Arkusha

Aleksey German (screenplay)

Julia Glezarova

Fullplot:

Kazakhstan, early 1961. Daniel Pokrovsky, a medical officer, currently works for the first Soviet cosmonauts' troop. There Daniel, already married, finds himself in an incredibly complicated and yet tender relationship with a young girl, called Vera. Later Daniel goes back to Moscow where is in charge of the health of the future cosmonauts. He tries not to be just a doctor for the cadets, but also their friend. He can't agree with the fact that these young men could have to sacrifice their lives for the country. His wife Nina feels the same: she doesn't accept him participating in a project that could put human lives at risk, therefore she keeps asking Daniel to leave his job. Daniel decides to leave his wife. Then one of the cadets dies and the medical officer ends up breaking down. This doesn't stop him from leaving for Kazakhstan in order to prepare the launch of the first man into space. Nina follows him to Kazakhstan, where she learns about his involvement with Vera; however she decides not to leave Daniel alone, understanding how ill he is. Giving up attempts to handle the stress, Daniel escapes the day before the launch, but dies on his getaway. Nina takes Vera with her to Moscow, accommodating the girl in her apartment. Time goes by and both women keep living together: none of them will ever get married again, being both still in love with Daniel.

Under Electric Clouds

Under Electric Clouds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-04

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia, Ukraine, Poland

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (221 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksey German

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Episodic, spiritual and existentialistic look at the state the Russia is in in 2017, exactly one hundred years after the communist-led Russian Revolution. The future looks gloomy, since the world is on the brink of yet another world war.

Ch/B

Ch/B

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-19

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

(140 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

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