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Hamo Beknazarian is a Director and Scriptwriter born on 19 may 1891
Hamo Beknazarian (Armenian: Համո Բեկնազարյան; Russian: Амбарцум Бек-Назаров) (May 19, 1891 – April 27, 1965), also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was a Soviet Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter
Besides feature films he also shot few documentaries.
Hamo Beknazarian died on April 27, 1965 in Moscow, USSR.
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Birth name Ambartsum Beknazaryan
Birth 19 may 1891
Death 27 april 1965 (at 73 years)
Birth 19 may 1891
Death 27 april 1965 (at 73 years)
Biography
Hamo Beknazarian was born on May 19, 1891 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Russian Empire. His career in cinema started in 1914, when a casual acquaintance offered him a part in a film. Since that part, he decided to pursue a career in cinema. Between 1914 and 1918, he played about 70 parts, becoming a popular actor in pre-Revolutionary Russian film. In 1920, instead of going to Armenia as he had decided, he went to Tbilisi where he developed a film department for the Georgian Commissioner's office of Public Education. He shot many films in Tbilisi, including "The Father Murderer" and "Lost Treasures." In 1925, he shot his first Armenian film and moved to Armenia. In 1933, he shot the first Armenian sound film "Pepo." In 1941, Beknazarian was awarded the Stalin Prize.Besides feature films he also shot few documentaries.
Hamo Beknazarian died on April 27, 1965 in Moscow, USSR.
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Filmography of Hamo Beknazarian (7 films)
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Anahit (1947)
, 1h6Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, War
Actors Frunze Dovlatyan, David Malyan
Rating48%
David Bek (1944)
, 1h34Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Actors Hasmik, David Malyan, Frunze Dovlatyan, Yevgeny Samoylov, Ivan Perestiani
Rating62%
Zangezur (1938)
, 1h29Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, War
Actors David Malyan, Andrei Kostrichkin, Amasi Martirosyan
Rating48%
Pepo (1935)
, 1h28Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Malyan
Rating66%
Set in 19th century Tiflis, the film details the day-to-day life of a poor but honest Armenian fisherman Pepo (Hrachia Nersisyan) who opposes a cunning trader Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov (Avet Avetisyan), who has robbed the former by trickery. The story comes to a conclusion of sorts when Pepo falls in love.
Honor (1926)
, 1h2Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating66%
The story is set in the Caucasian city of Shemakh, which was a provincial town in pre-revolutionary Russia. The love story involves Seyran, a son of a potter, who secretly meets with Susan, to whom he is engaged. The Armenian customs didn't tolerate this and strictly prohibited such behavior. When a neighbor catches them during one of their secret meetings, rumors of their actions spread around the neighborhood and her family decides to marry her to another man, in order to restore the family's honor. They choose Rustam, a rich merchant, for Susan to marry. Seyran slanders Susan by saying that he owns her. Rustam kills Susan, considered himself disgraced by Seyran's actions. And the end Syeran commits suicide upon hearing about his lover's death.
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David Bek (1944)
, 1h34Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Actors Hasmik, David Malyan, Frunze Dovlatyan, Yevgeny Samoylov, Ivan Perestiani
Rating62%
Pepo (1935)
, 1h28Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Malyan
Rating66%
Set in 19th century Tiflis, the film details the day-to-day life of a poor but honest Armenian fisherman Pepo (Hrachia Nersisyan) who opposes a cunning trader Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov (Avet Avetisyan), who has robbed the former by trickery. The story comes to a conclusion of sorts when Pepo falls in love.
Honor (1926)
, 1h2Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating66%
The story is set in the Caucasian city of Shemakh, which was a provincial town in pre-revolutionary Russia. The love story involves Seyran, a son of a potter, who secretly meets with Susan, to whom he is engaged. The Armenian customs didn't tolerate this and strictly prohibited such behavior. When a neighbor catches them during one of their secret meetings, rumors of their actions spread around the neighborhood and her family decides to marry her to another man, in order to restore the family's honor. They choose Rustam, a rich merchant, for Susan to marry. Seyran slanders Susan by saying that he owns her. Rustam kills Susan, considered himself disgraced by Seyran's actions. And the end Syeran commits suicide upon hearing about his lover's death.