Zangezur (film)
1938 Soviet film
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Zangezur is a 1938 Soviet Armenian war film by Hamo Beknazarian. A propaganda film released on the eve of World War II, it depicts the 1921 anti-Bolshevik uprising in Zangezur (present-day Syunik), in which Dashnak forces clashed with the Red Army and Armenian Bolshevik partisans.
Directed by
- Hamo Beknazarian
- Yakov Dukor
Written by
- Axel Bakunts[1]
- Hamo Beknazarian
Cinematography
- Garosh Beknazarian
- Ivan Dildaryan
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| Music by | Aram Khachaturian[2] |
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| Distributed by | Armenkino |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
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Production
According to Ashot Hovhannisian, the idea for the film was conceived by Anastas Mikoyan.[1] The screenplay was originally written by Axel Bakunts, before his arrest in 1936 during the Great Purge.[1] The film score was composed by Aram Khachaturian.[2] For the film, director Beknazarian was awarded the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, in 1941.[3]
Cast
- Hrachia Nersisyan - Hakobyan
- Avet Avetisyan - Sparapet (based on Garegin Nzhdeh)
- Hasmik - Agyul
- David Malyan - Makich
- Gurgen Janibekyan - Sako
- Gurgen Gabrielyan - Armen
- Grigoriy Avetyan - deaf old man
- Gegham Harutyunyan - Samvel
- Andrei Kostrichkin - Denikin Colonel Markov
- Ivan Chuvelev - Nikita
- Galust Sululikyan - Atyun Aper
- Amasi Martirosyan - Dashnak officer
- Murad Kostanyan - Dashnak officer
- Haykasar Minasaryan - Gusan
- A. Arakelyan - Aznar
- Bella Isahakyan - Anush
- Grigory Margaryan - soldier
- Mikael Garagash - Samson
- Yunis Nuri - Azeri partisan
- Vladimir Tsoppi - English major
