Hasmik Agopyan

Movies

David Bek
Nany
The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.
Family of Patriots
Mother
Patriotic film from 1941 of Armenian men being called up to fight for the Red Army
Sevan's Fishermen
Taguhi
The plot is based on the struggle of red partisan-fishermen for the establishment of Soviet order in Armenia.
Zangezur
Agyul
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.
Pepo
Shushan
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.
Gikor
Dedi
Village man Hambo, trying to set up his son Gikor, gives him in service of well-to-do merchant Bazaz Artem. Gikor couldn't find neither cordiality, nor kindness in merchant's house and misses his home. Some envy small bailiff but nobody see his sufferings.
The Power of Evil
Shushan
Based on A. Shirvanzade’s story “Madwoman.” It's a tragic story of an epileptic girl, who is the victim of the prejudices of her husband's family. A powerful village drama with a horribly tragic ending, visually striking, lots of Armenian customs.
Honor
Mariam
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.