Born in Kutaisi in the family of the writer Davit Chkheidze ( he would be executed during the Great Purge in 1937 ) , Chkheidze studied acting at Tbilisi State Institute of Theatre from 1943 to 1946 and continued his education under Sergei Yutkevich and Mikhail Romm at VGIK in Moscow from 1949 to 1953 . Chkheidze directed twelve films and a TV miniseries between 1953 and 2008 . He rose to fame with '' Magdana 's Donkey '' , co-directed with Tengiz Abuladze , which won the Best Fiction Short award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . His 1964 film '' Father of a Soldier '' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival . '' The Saplings '' of 1972 won a diploma at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival
4th Moscow International Film Festival
4th Moscow International Film Festival
Revaz Chkheidze