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Hamo Beknazarian
Hamo Beknazarian ( hy, Համո Բեկնազարյան; russian: Амбарцум Бек-Назаров; 19 May 1891 – 27 April 1965), also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was a Soviet Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Hamo Beknazarian was born on 19 May 1891 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Russian Empire. His career in cinema started in 1914, when a casual acquaintance offered him a part in a film. Since that part, he decided to pursue a career in cinema. Between 1914 and 1918, he played about 70 parts, becoming a popular actor in pre-Revolutionary Russian film. In 1920, instead of going to Armenia as he had decided, he went to Tbilisi where he developed a film department for the Georgian Commissioner's office of Public Education. He shot many films in Tbilisi, including ''Patricide'' and ''Lost Treasures''. In 1925, he shot his first Armenian film and moved to Armenia. In 1933, he shot the first Armenian sound film '' Pepo''. In 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namus (film)
''Namus'' ( hy, Նամուս, meaning "Namus, honor") is a 1925 silent film, silent drama film by Hamo Beknazarian, based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, which denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasus, Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film. History Background The Armenfilm studio was founded two years later, on 16 April 1923 as the State Cinema Organisation. Hamo Beknazarian, who was an actor prior to the 1917 Revolution, became actively involved in directing films after the Bolsheviks took over. ''Namus'' became his first notable work as a director. Production and reaction ''Namus'' was first premiered in Yerevan's Nairi Theatre on 13 April 1926. On 3 October of the same year, the film was presented in Moscow. A poster in Leningrad in 1926 called ''Namus'' the "biggest blockbuster of the season". When asked about the film, Hamo Beknazarian said "I wanted to set the power of custom in the pillory, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Deaths
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCAM) is formed as successor to the Afro-Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation ('; UAMCE), formerly the African and Malagasy Union ('; UAM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. ** Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. * January 7 ** General Miles' force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anahit (film 1947)
Anahit ( hy, Անահիտ, fa, آناهید) was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BCE she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Iranian goddess Anahita. Anahit's worship, most likely borrowed from the Iranians during the Median invasion or the early Achaemenid period, was of paramount significance in Armenia. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them.. Armenian Anahit and Persian Anahita According to Strabo, the "Armenians shared in the religion of the Perses and the Medes and particularly honored Anaitis". The kings of Armenia were "steadfast supporters of the cult". and Tiridates III, before his conversion to Christianity, "prayed officially to the triad Aramazd-Anahit-Vahagn but is said to have shown a special devotion to 'the great lady Anahit, ... the benefactres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zangezur (1938 Film)
''Zangezur'' is a 1938 Soviet Armenian war film by Hamo Beknazarian. The propaganda film is about the Dashnak opposition to the incursion of the Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans in the Armenian province of Zangezur Zangezur ( hy, Զանգեզուր) is a historical and geographical region in Eastern Armenia on the slopes of the Zangezur Mountains which largely corresponds to the Syunik Province of the Republic of Armenia. It was ceded to Russia by Qajar Ir ... (present-day Syunik) at the time of Sovietization. Cast External links * 1930s war drama films Films directed by Hamo Beknazarian Soviet black-and-white films Films set in Armenia Soviet war drama films Soviet-era Armenian films Armenfilm films Films scored by Aram Khachaturian Armenian drama films 1938 drama films 1938 films {{Armenia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bek (film)
David Bek ( hy, Դավիթ Բեկ) is a 1944 Soviet biographical adventure and drama film directed by Hamo Beknazarian and starring Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan and Hasmik The film is about Davit Bek, an Armenian nobleman and revolutionary and is based on the novel David Bek by Raffi (1882). Cast *Hrachia Nersisyan as Davit Bek * Avet Avetisyan * Hasmik *Yevgeny Samoylov * Arus Asryan * Grigor Avetyan * L. Zohrabyan *Murad Kostanyan *David Malyan * T. Ayvazyan *Vaghinak Marguni *Frunze Dovlatyan * Tatyana Makhmuryan * L. Shahparonyan * Vladimir Yershov * Evgeniy Samoylov *Lev Sverdlin *Ivane Perestiani Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани; — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and Peop ... * Arman Kotikyan * H. Stepanyan * D. Pogosyan References External links * 1944 films 1940s biographical films Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On The Volcano
The House on the Volcano (russian: Дом на вулкане) is a 1928 Soviet film directed by Amo Bek-Nazaryan. Plot The film tells about the drill master Petros, who tells the story of the oil workers' strike to his adopted son. Starring * Hrachia Nersisyan as Petros * T. Ayvazyan as Ghukassov * Tatyana Makhmuryan as Maro (as Tanya Makhmurova) * V. Manukhina as Sona * M. Garagash as Governor * Dimitri Kipiani as Georgi * Pavel Yesikovsky as Russian worker (as P. Yesikovsky) * Alasgar Alakbarov Alasgar Hajiagha oglu Alakbarov ( az, Ələsgər Ələkbərov) (26 March 1910, Baku – 31 January 1963, Baku), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani actor. Career He was born to a family of a poor merchant. He developed passion for acting and music w ... References External links * 1928 films 1920s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet silent feature films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaspush
Khaspush ( hy, Խասփուշ, russian: Хас-пуш) is a 1928 Soviet Armenian drama and war film, directed by Hamo Beknazarian and starring Hrachia Nersisyan, M. Dulgaryan and Avet Avetisyan Synopsis The film is about the Persian revolutionary movement of the peasants and townspeople against the dominance of the English tobacco monopoly. Persia in 1891 is an arena of fierce clashes between foreign monopolies. In the fight between the English and the Russian capital, the victory belongs to the English monopoly. The country remains without bread. Impoverished peasants and artisans - the khaspush - raise a revolt against the foreign colonizers. Initially the uprising is led by the merchants and the clergy. The poverty-stricken citizens smash the British Embassy. At a critical moment the merchants and the clergy are remove themselves from the fight, betraying the masses. Khaspush union, acting under the protection of the Sharia flag removes their religious facade. The urban poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zare (film)
Zare ( hy, Զարե, ) is a 1926 Soviet Armenian drama film, directed by Hamo Beknazarian. Zare is the first Armenian film dedicated to Kurdish culture and was inspired by the text "Zare" written by Hakob Ghazaryan. Cast * Maria Tenazi as Zare *Hrachia Nersisyan as Saydo * Avet Avetisyan as Slo * Olga Gulazyan as Lyatif Khanum * Manvel Manvelyan as Msto *Nina Manucharyan as Nano *Hambartsum Khachanyan as Khdo * M. Garagash as Temur-Bek *Aram Amirbekyan as Clerk * Sh. Guramashvili as Police-officer *Amasi Martirosyan Amasi Martirosyan ( hy, Ամասի Պետրոսի Մարտիրոսյան) was an Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor. Biography Filmography As actor *''Namus'' (1925) as Smbat *'' Zare'' (1927) as Zurba *''Khaspush'' (1928) as Mull ... as Zurba * M. Aghamalov as Sheikh * N. Barres as Head of Uezd * N. Aghambekyan as Zare's girlfriend * S. Gevorgyan as Zurba's wife References External links * * 'Zare shop'' 1926 drama films 1926 films Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
