Giorgi Saakadze (Russian: Георгий Саакадзе, Georgian: გიორგი სააკაძე) is a 1942 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.

The film is a dramatization of the story of Giorgi Saakadze (portrayed by Akaki Khorava), a 17th-century Georgian political and military leader who was celebrated as a national hero of Georgia in Soviet wartime propaganda.

[2] The film emphasized that Saakadze, initially an obscure squire, was a victim of machinations at the hands of the wealthy feudal lords who would sacrifice everything, including their motherland, for their own benefit.

In the atmosphere of suspicion and spy mania in the Soviet Union during these years, the movie also served contemporary propaganda by emphasizing that treason against the popular leader, and hence the country, was to be punished cruelly.

The illustrious warrior Giorgi Saakadze stands at the head of the people's army and, luring the Turks into a mountain gorge, wins at the battle of Suram.

With the help of foreigners, Giorgi intends to pacify the unruly feudal lords and create a single Georgian state under the rule of Luarsab II.