Didgori: Land of Sacrificed Knights
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Didgori: Land of Sacrificed Knights is a 2009 film set in Georgia in the early 12th century. The film centers on the Battle of Didgori
(1121), in which the Kingdom of Georgia was victorious against the Great Seljuk Empire, allowing the Georgians to cease paying tributes and reclaim Tbilisi
.
This film was directed by Nikoloz Khomasuridze.
Battle of Didgori
The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the crumbling Great Seljuq Empire at the place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, the modern-day capital of Georgia, on August 12, 1121...
(1121), in which the Kingdom of Georgia was victorious against the Great Seljuk Empire, allowing the Georgians to cease paying tributes and reclaim Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
.
This film was directed by Nikoloz Khomasuridze.
Cast
- Elgudzha Burduli as David IV of GeorgiaDavid IV of GeorgiaDavid IV "the Builder", also known as David II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125....
- Nevin Millan as Hugues de Payens
- Mika Sakvarelidze as Godfrey de Saint-Omer
- Wil Wesley as Walter Gauthier
- Drew Taylor as Baldwin II of JerusalemBaldwin II of JerusalemBaldwin II of Jerusalem , formerly Baldwin II of Edessa, also called Baldwin of Bourcq, born Baldwin of Rethel was the second count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and the third king of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death.-Ancestry:Baldwin was the son of Hugh, count of Rethel, and his wife Melisende,...
- Givi Chuguashvili as IlghaziIlghaziNajm ad-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq was the Turkish Artukid ruler of Mardin from 1107 to 1122.- Biography :His father Artuk was the founder of the Artukid dynasty, and had been appointed governor of Jerusalem by the Seljuq emir Tutush. When Artuk died, Ilghazi and his brother Sökmen succeeded him as...
- Valeri Korshia as Mahmud II of Great Seljuq
- Kylie Clay as Sophie
- Gega Choquri as Blacksmith Shamshe
- Imeda Arabuli as Imeda - Sacrificed Knight
- David Chalatashvili as Nikoloz - Sacrificed Knight
- Irakli Cholokashvili as Demetre I of Georgia