Zoia Gagua Atanesyan

Armenfilm

When friends are around

Premiere

January 1958 (Moscow)
Screenwriter

Oleg Stukalov-Pogodin
Operator

Artem Jalalyan
Composer

Edward Mirzoyan
Artist

Stepan Andranikyan
Actors

Robert Sargsyan, Zoia Gagua Atanesyan, Ashot Nersesyan, Tachat Vartazaryan, Armen Khostikyan, A. Burnazyan, Edmond Keosayan, Levon Boyadzhyan, Amalia Arazyan, Z. Galstyan, Raffi Melik-Hakobyan, G. Mirzoyan
When your friends are with you.

Ruben Azatyan dreamed of becoming a poet. It turned out, however, that he had no poetic talent. Hardly surviving his failure, Ruben goes to production. The attention and friendship of the dear, gentle Gayane, the support of his comrades in the shop helped Ruben master the skill of a turner and find his place in life.

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Title

Personally known

Premiere

April 17, 1958 (Moscow)
Directors

Erasmus Karamyan
Stepan Kevorkov
Screenwriter

Mark Maximov
Operators

Artem Jalalyan
Ivan Dildaryan
Composer

Arno Babajanyan
Artist

Peter Beitner
Actors

Gurgen Tonunts, Boris Smirnov, Maria Pastukhova, Medea Chakhava, Sergei Stolyarov, Zhanna Ovnatanyan, Artyom Karapetyan, Boris Svoboda, Gurgen Gen, Vagharsh Vagarshyan, David Malyan, Galina Suprunova, Vakhtang Pirtskhalava, Afrasiyakiyabantraeduyov, Vachey Kakhalava , Pyotr Malek, Zoia Gagua Atanesyan

Mother’s heart

Premiere

January 14, 1958 (Yerevan)
October 6, 1958 (Moscow)
Producer

Grigory Melik-Avakyan
Screenwriter

Ivan Ivanov (III)
Operator

Sergey Gevorkyan
Composer

Artemy Ayvazyan
Art

Hrachya Mekinyan
Sergey Safaryan
Actors

Varduhi Varderesyan, Ruben Mikaelyan, Tsolak Amerikian, Khoren Abrahamyan, Ashot Nersesyan, R. Tigranyan, Gleb Selyanin, Ivan Selyanin, Marina Tbileli, Varvara Shahsuvaryan, Zoia Gagua Atanesyan, Karina Maghakyan, Armen Khostikyan, Robert II
Story

In 1930, the wife of a young worker Suren, Mariam, gave birth to a son. Soon Suren left for the village to carry out collectivization. From there he did not return – he was killed by his fists. And Mariam was left alone with the child in her arms. She tried not to deny anything to her Ashot. Later, she fell in love with the postman Vartan. But because of Ashot’s selfishness, she had to give up her love. After the war, Ashot graduated from high school, then institute in Leningrad. There he got married and stayed to live. Mother sometimes received money orders from him, but not a single letter. But one day he called Mariam to him. At first, the mother was happy, but from a casual conversation between her son and his daughter-in-law, she learned that Ashot had shown sensitivity in order to get a recommendation to the party. Mariam realized that she had crippled the soul of her son with her reckless love.

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Ambartsum Beknazaryan

– People’s Artist of the Armenian SSR, Laureate of the Stalin Prize. At one time he was considered the star of Russian silent cinema and starred in more than seventy films. However, he is better known as a director and screenwriter. He is responsible for the creation of the first Armenian feature film. This is the film “Namus” (“Honor”), shot by Bek-Nazarov in 1925, based on the novel of the same name by A. Shirvanzade. The film was first released in April 1926. “Namus” is a silent black and white movie, and the first Armenian sound film “Pepo” was filmed in 1935. In 1963, the first color fiction film “The Way to the Arena” was created at “Armenfilm”. This fall, in the city of Armavir, the film festival “Kinoosen 2012” was held, which was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Ambartsum Ivanovich Bek-Nazarov. The festival opened with a screening of his film Pepo.

Armenfilm

the famous oldest film studio

“Armenfilm” Widely known not only in the territory of the former Soviet Union, but all over the world, thanks to the large number, and most importantly, the quality of feature films and cartoons shot on it. At different times the studio’s work has been exhibited at various international film festivals and received well-deserved awards. A whole galaxy of famous filmmakers filmed their masterpieces here. Famous actors, screenwriters, production designers and cameramen worked. Since the founding of the film studio, more than two hundred and sixty feature films, documentaries, short films and cartoons have been filmed there. The history of “Armenfilm” is a bright page in the history of all cinematography.