Vann Vannak ( km, វណ្ណ វណ្ណៈ) was a popular
actor
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in
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
during the late 1960s until 1975. Despite his talents, producers usually favored casting his rivals
Kong Som Oeurn or
Chea Yuthorn in their movies. Due to their lack of support, Vann Vannak starred in considerably fewer films when compared to his rivals. Nevertheless, he was pivotal in movies such as ''
Sovann Pancha'', ''
Neang Kakey
Neang Kakey ( km, រឿងនាងកាកី) is a Khmer '' sāstrā lbaeng'' tale and the best-known work composed as a melodrama in verse by future King of Cambodia Ang Duong in 1815 during the time he resided at the Royal Court in Thailand ...
'', and ''
Champa Meas
Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd ce ...
'' all of which had
Vichara Dany as the female lead. To increase his presence in the industry he created his own production company known as
Pisnoka in 1970 which made eight films casting himself as the male lead in all of them.
Details of his life are relatively unknown and he is believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge regime. Of all the films he has starred in, only ''
Sovann Pancha'' is known to have survived and remained intact.
Partial filmography
* ''Sdach Damrey Sor''
* ''Bey Sach Sorng Sek''
* ''Phno Bey Leu Dey Kror''
* ''Sro Our Samdey Srey Am''
* ''Veal Srey Our Sror''
* ''Chhean Entry Khmav''
* ''Kror Mom Chol Mlob''
* ''Neang Kev Nama''
* ''Neang Sork Kror Ob''
* ''Dav Roeung Neang Sovan Sakor''
* ''Neang Kakey''
* ''Neang Sovan Ten Orn''
* ''Phka Thkol Meas''
* ''Champa Meas''
* ''Sovann Pancha''
* ''Proleng Polikam''
* ''Kone Krok Khmav 1''
* ''Kanseng Loheth''
* ''Chav Chab Kdam''
* ''Kone Krok Khmav 2''
* ''Dav Bak Dorng Meas Broyuth''
* ''Dev Chhveng Sdam''
References
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Cambodian male film actors
Year of birth missing
20th-century Cambodian male actors
People who died in the Cambodian genocide
Possibly living people
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