Hamo Bek-Nazaryan
Directing
Biography
Hamo Beknazarian (Armenian: Համո Բեկնազարյան; Russian: Амбарцум Бек-Назаров; 19 May 1891 – 27 April 1965), also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.
Known For
During the Civil War, a long time friends Ilya, Tanya and Tevdore decide to find the treasure, which is hidden by the counter revolutionists. After many precarious efforts the disguised friends manage somehow to penetrate the enemy’s camp and attend their leadership’s party. Tanya enchants the enemy Commander Kleshchuk and gets hold of the key of his apartment. The friends steal the treasure, baffle Kleshchuk’s pursuit and return the treasure to the government.
The Lost Treasure
A girl, working in a German commandant's office, saves two wounded Russian pilots sacrificing her own life.
Dark Is the Night
Pastor Talnoх furiously urges the flock to fight temptations, but he himself becomes a victim of temptation. In his house appears Satan, pushing the hero to theft and spiritual fall.
Satan Triumphant
Armenians living in Chicago decide to leave the capitalist United States and emigrate to Soviet Armenia after World War II. Unfinished movie.
The Second Caravan
The film is about the civil war in the Zangezur (Syunik) province of Armenia in the early 1920s. The last Dashnak battalions headed by Sparapet Nzhdeh still opposed both the incursion of Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans.
Zangezur
Based on the popular comedy novel, as well as many international anecdotes about Nasreddin Hodja, a witty Muslim traveler.
Nasreddin in Khujand, or the Enchanted Prince
The legend of the Suram Fortress.
The Surami Fortress
The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.
David Bek
Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.
Zare
No description available.
The Shame of the Orlov's House
No description available.
Mysterious World
A poor but honest fisherman Pepo opposes a cunning trader Zimzimov, who tries to rob him by trickery refusing to pay a lost bill. Pepo choses prison to paying-off his honour.
Pepo
No description available.
Tsar's Oprichniki
Based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, the film denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.
Honor
The movie is about the suppressed revolt of "khaspushes", Persian peasants and craftsmen in 1891.
Khaspush
No description available.
It Was Like That, But It Won't Be
Opera singer Yuri Nagorny is a famous celadon and a ladies' man. Easily and with impunity he breaks women's hearts. But retribution catches up with him. Sister once seduced and ruined Nagorny dancer arranges arson in his apartment. The seducer's face is disfigured by burns - now he is safe for women.
Yuriy Nagorniy
Tigran, the head of "kolkhoz", is working without strain, reckoning with the responsiveness and support of neighboring collective farms. To punish Tigran's dependency, his lover Anush, the head of Jeyranik collective farm, the first boycots him refusing to help. After being fired during the review meeting, Tigran recognizes his failure and goes for work in construction of local hydro-power station.
The Girl of Ararat Valley
No description available.
Girls Who Don't Get Married
Two friends, Shor and Shorshor, both idlers and drunkards, have many comical adventures and get into lot of trouble.