We and Our Mountains ( hy, Մենք ենք, մեր սարերը; russian: Мы и наши горы) is a 1969

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directed by

Henrik Malyan Henrik Sureni Malyan ( hy, Հենրիկ Մալյան, also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer. He was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was famous actor David ...

and starring

Azat Sherents Azat Armenaki Sherents ( hy, Ազատ Շերենց; April 5, 1913, Tiflis, Georgia - December 25, 1993, Yerevan, Armenia) was one of the founders of Armenian cinematographic comedy. In 1931 he started his acting career on the stage of Sundukyan D ...

Frunzik Mkrtchyan Mher Musheghi Mkrtchyan ( hy, Մհեր Մուշեղի Մկրտչյան; 4 July 1930 – 29 December 1993), better known by the name Frunzik ( hy, Ֆրունզիկ; russian: Фрунзик), was an Armenian stage and film actor. Mkrtchyan is widel ...

and

Sos Sargsyan Sos Sargsyan ( hy, Սոս Սարգսյան; 24 October 1929 – 26 September 2013) was a prominent Armenian actor, director and writer. Biography Sos Sargsyan was born in Stepanavan in northern Armenia, at the time part of the Soviet Union. He ...

. It is widely considered to be one of the best

n films ever made.

Plot

The film revolves around a comical story of four unlucky shepherds living high in the mountains of Armenia. One day for dinner they have a feast of the neighbour's sheep, which had come to their flock. The shepherds easily agree on ransom with the former master of the sheep. However, a serious young policeman, despite the protests of his friends, starts a case of embezzlement of sheep and tries to give the incident an official move, interfering with a profitable deal.

Cast

– Ishkhan *

– Avak *

– Lieutenant *

Khoren Abrahamyan Khoren Babkeni Abrahamyan ( hy, Խորեն Բաբկենի Աբրահամյան, April 1, 1930, Yerevan – December 10, 2004) was an Armenian actor and director, and People's Artist of the USSR. Abrahamyan was honored with the title People’s Ar ...

– Pavel * Armen Ayvazyan – Zaven *

Artavazd Peleshyan Artavazd Peleshyan ( hy, Արտավազդ (Արթուր) Փելեշյան, Artavazd (Art’ur) P’eleshyan; also ''Pelechian, Peleshian''; born February 22, 1938) is an Armenian director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, ...

– Revaz

References

External links

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We and Our Mountains
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* 1969 comedy films 1969 films Films directed by Henrik Malyan Soviet-era Armenian films Armenfilm films Soviet comedy films Armenian comedy films Armenian-language films {{Armenia-film-stub