Directing
Frunze Dovlatyan
Born May 26, 1927 · Nor Bayezet, Armenian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Gavar, Armenia]
Died August 30, 1997 · aged 70
Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan (Armenian: Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 – August 30, 1997) was an Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor. Frunze Dovlatyan was born in Gavar, Soviet Armenia, a brother to Vram Dovlatyan. He was a theater actor before becoming a director. He starred as an actor in Armenian provincial theatres from 1941 and then in Gabriel Sundukian Drama Theatre of Ye…
Known For
Birth · 1976Birth
★ 8.01976
Movie
Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Belarus Alexander Myasnikyan rebuilds Armenia following its absorption into the Soviet Union.
The Girl of Ararat Valley · 1949The Girl of Ararat Valley
★ 9.01949
MovieComedyMusic
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.
David Bek · 1944David Bek
★ 4.71944
MovieDramaWar
The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.
Saroyan Brothers · 1969Saroyan Brothers
★ 7.01969
MovieDrama
1920. Last days of the first Armenian Republic. Armenian Army fights on two fronts: war with Turkish army in the west, and Red Army incursion and Bolshevik mutiny in the northeast. Hayk Saroyan returns to his native provincial town from Russia to assume a minor post at Dashnak Army command center. His brother Gevorg, captain at the same command center, is a real patriot prefering death to "eternal exile", army power to relegious mercifullness. Very soon a suspicion creeps inside him: his beloved brother is Bolshevik spy.
Hello, It's Me! · 1966Hello, It's Me!
★ 6.31966
MovieDramaRomance
In post-war Armenia, physicist Artyom buries himself in work, haunted by the loss of his wife in WWII, unable to let go of the past. Meanwhile, young Tanya refuses to accept her stepfather, still waiting for her real father, missing in action for years. Their parallel journeys explore memory, loss, and the weight of history—both personal and national. As Artyom grapples with the dilemma of remembering versus forgetting, the film becomes a meditation on identity, time, and the inescapable pull of the past. Partially based on the life of prominent Soviet-Armenian scientist Artem Alikhanyan, Hello, It’s Me! is a deeply reflective exploration of history’s grip on both individuals and nations.
Why Does The River Roar? · 1959Why Does The River Roar?
★ 7.01959
MovieDramaWar
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.
The Lonely Nut-Tree · 1988The Lonely Nut-Tree
★ 9.01988
MovieDrama
The village Lernasar is doomed to destruction. Its inhabitants, headed by the teacher Kamsaryan, come to defend their history.
Morning Trains · 1963Morning Trains
★ 7.51963
MovieDrama
The film is about the working youth of a giant factory in Moscow - the story of a young girl Asya, who had to endure a lot of disappointments before she found true friends
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