Hostages

Hostages 1991

1

Gevorg Adamyan is a man of power who enjoys many privileges and is guided throughout his life by the slogan "the purpose justifies the means". This enables him always to stay at the top of the pyramid but, at the same time, gradually ruins him as a person and brings unhappiness to his own family, destroying the lives of his close friends and relatives.

1991

Return

Return 1972

6.30

The main character of the film is an outstanding physicist who was invited to Armenia from Russia to head a lab. He comes across many troubles in his homeland, but nevertheless finds his true love there.

1972

Wow! A Talking Fish!

Wow! A Talking Fish! 1983

8.00

Created in 1983, the animated movie uses the plot of Ovanes Tumanyan's tale "Talking fish".

1983

Life Triumphs

Life Triumphs 1977

3.90

Story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the 1915 Genocide is an eternal story of resurrection.

1977

David Bek

David Bek 1944

6.00

The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.

1944

An Extraordinary Assignment

An Extraordinary Assignment 1966

5.00

The second film of the trilogy about Armenian Bolshevik revolutionery Simon Ter-Petrosyan (1882-1922) known as Kamo.

1966

Lesson

Lesson 1987

3.40

A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.

1987

The Big Win

The Big Win 1980

5.60

A crane operator wins a car in a lottery and his life immediately encounters various trials and tribulations.

1980

Why Does The River Roar?

Why Does The River Roar? 1959

6.50

Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.

1959

Another Five Days

Another Five Days 1978

1

A notebook falls into the hands of a young journalist, where he finds memoirs about his grandfather, who died in the civil wars of the early 20s. The writing does not correspond to the family legend woven about the grandfather. The young man tries to restore the truth.

1978

Kyrie Eleison

Kyrie Eleison 1997

8.00

The main character - an actor and film-director - tries to live, ignoring the everyday petty struggles for survival.

1997

Pepo

Pepo 1935

4.40

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.

1935

Yearning

Yearning 1990

3.70

Real life tragic story of Arakel whose anguish towards lost homeland made him cross Soviet-Turkish border during Stalin era.

1990

The Soldier and the Elephant

The Soldier and the Elephant 1978

4.20

Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.

1978

Honor

Honor 1926

4.00

Namus (Armenian: Նամուս, meaning "honor") is a 1925 silent film by Hamo Beknazarian, based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, which denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.

1926