Khaspush ( hy, Խասփուշ, russian: Хас-пуш) is a 1928

Soviet Armenia The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

and

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

, directed by

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 screenwrit ...

and starring

Hrachia Nersisyan Hrachia Nersisyan ( hy, Հրաչյա Ներսիսյան, 24 November 1895 – 6 November 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian film actor. He was honoured with title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1956. Nersisyan was born in Nicomedia, Ottoman Empir ...

, M. Dulgaryan and Avet Avetisyan

Synopsis

The film is about the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

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 Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the H ...

flag removes their religious facade. The urban poor are beginning to realize their true class interests. Although the rebellion is suppressed, the idea of the necessity of social struggle remains in the minds of the oppressed people.

Cast

as Rza * M. Dulgaryan as Fatima * Avet Avetisyan as Head of police * T. Ayvazyan as Hasan *

Hambartsum Khachanyan Hambartsum Misaki Khachanyan ( hy, Համբարձում Միսակի Խաչանյան, 13 February 1894 - 30 June 1944) was an Armenian film actor. Filmography * 1940 - Nazar the Brave * 1939 - Sevani dzknorsnere * 1935 - Pepo * 1932 - Meksika ...

as Prime Minister * M. Janan as Seyid * M. Garagash as Merchant * T. Shamirkhanyan as Peasant * Vagharsh Vagharshyan as Shah *

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 Mulla

References

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* Films directed by Hamo Beknazarian Armenian black-and-white films Films set in Armenia Soviet silent feature films Soviet war drama films 1920s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet-era Armenian films Armenfilm films 1928 drama films 1928 films Silent war drama films {{Armenia-film-stub