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Hamo Beknazarian is a Director and Scriptwriter born on 19 may 1891

Hamo Beknazarian

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Birth name Ambartsum Beknazaryan
Birth 19 may 1891
Death 27 april 1965 (at 73 years)

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

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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Director

Anahit
Anahit (1947)
, 1h6
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, War
Actors Frunze Dovlatyan, David Malyan
Rating46% 2.3411152.3411152.3411152.3411152.341115
Pepo
Pepo (1935)
, 1h28
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Malyan
Rating66% 3.317153.317153.317153.317153.31715
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.
Khaspush
Khaspush (1928)
, 1h12
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, War
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating49% 2.486312.486312.486312.486312.48631
Honor
Honor (1926)
, 1h2
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating66% 3.3273153.3273153.3273153.3273153.327315
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.
Zare
Zare (1926)
, 1h9
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating69% 3.4693753.4693753.4693753.4693753.469375

Scriptwriter

Pepo
Pepo (1935)
, 1h28
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Malyan
Rating66% 3.317153.317153.317153.317153.31715
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.
Khaspush
Khaspush (1928)
, 1h12
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, War
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating49% 2.486312.486312.486312.486312.48631
Honor
Honor (1926)
, 1h2
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating66% 3.3273153.3273153.3273153.3273153.327315
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.
Zare
Zare (1926)
, 1h9
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Genres Drama
Actors Amasi Martirosyan
Rating69% 3.4693753.4693753.4693753.4693753.469375