Amasi Martirosyan

The Song of First Love

Very popular Soviet Armenian musical about a talented singer, spoiled by his success.

Zangezur

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.

Karo

A schoolboy, Karo, gets involved into the struggle between Communists and Dashnaks during the establishment of a Soviet regime in Armenia.

Khaspush

The movie is about the suppressed revolt of "khaspushes", Persian peasants and craftsmen in 1891.

Five Right in the Target

Vardan, a victim of misunderstanding, barely avoids becoming an accomplice in a crime. The first film on a contemporary theme from the Hayfilm (Armenkino) film studio about the educational role of the Red Army in shaping the character of conscripts.

Honor

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.

Zare

Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.