List of Armenian films of the 1920s

Namus, 1926

This is a list of films released in the 1920s produced in Armenia SSR or directed by Armenians or about Armenia or Armenians, ordered by year of release.

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
Նամուս
Namus[1]		 Hamo Beknazarian Hovhannes Abelian
Hasmik		 Silent film Based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name.[2]
It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.[3][4]
1926
Shor and Shorshor Hamo Beknazarian Hambartsum Khachanyan
Aram Amirbekyan
Nina Manucharyan		 Comedy
Զարե
Zare[5]		 Hamo Beknazarian Maria Tenazi
Hrachia Nersisyan
Avet Avetisyan		 Drama
1927
1928
Խասփուշ
Khaspush[6]		 Hamo Beknazarian Hrachia Nersisyan
M. Dulgaryan
Avet Avetisyan		 War drama
The Slave A. Yalovoy Hasmik
B. Madatova
N. Manucharyan
Evil Spirit[7] Patvakan Barkhudaryan
Mikheil Gelovani		 Hasmik
Nina Manucharyan
Mikheil Gelovani
Five Hitting the Mark (Step by Step) Patvakan Barkhudaryan L. Sahakyan
H. Mravyan
S. Kocharyan
1929
House on the Volcano Hamo Beknazarian Hrachia Nersisyan
T. Ayvazyan
T. Makhmuryan
The Sixtheenth (The Sixteenth?) Patvakan Barkhudaryan A. Gorelov
T. Vishnevskaya
N. Volkhovskoy
Spring in Collective Farm Amasi Martirosyan Avet Avetisyan
M. Garagash
Aram Amirbekyan		 A short.
Who Is to Blame? K. Arzumanyan S. Mkrtchyan
Amasi Martirosyan
K. Arzumanyan		 A short.

References

  1. ^ S. Peter Cowe, edited by Nishan Parlakian (2000). Modern Armenian drama : an anthology. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780231116305. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Cowe, 2000; Introduction
  3. ^ Rosenfeld, Alla, ed. (1999). Defining Russian graphic arts: from Diaghilev to Stalin, 1898-1934. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Univ. Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780813526041.
  4. ^ Karoghlanian, Armen. "From the Vault: The Birth of Culture in Namus". Yerevan Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Zare". arm-cinema.am. Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Khaspush". arm-cinema.am. Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Evil Spirit". arm-cinema.am. Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists.

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