Saroyan Brothers (1969)
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.
Director: Frunze Dovlatyan
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Frunze Dovlatyan as Hayk Saroyan |
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Khoren Abramyan as Gevorg Saroyan |
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Gurgen Janibekyan as Artin Grandfather |
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Anahit Maschyan as Mother |
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I. Aghamyan as Anahit |
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Armen Ayvazyan as Papyan |
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Babken Nersisyan as Surmelyan |
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Lia Eliava as Taguhi |
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Vagram Yegshatyan as Vram |
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A. Sahradyan as Sevacheryan |
| Directing | Arkady Hayrapetyan | Co-Director |
| Writing | Gurgen Boryan | Writer |
| Writing | Hrant Matevosyan | Dialogue |
| Writing | Frunze Dovlatyan | Creative Producer |
| Sound | Martyn Vartazaryan | Music |
| Editing | Galina Miloserdova | Editor |
| Editing | R. Yeranyan | Editor |
| Art | Rafael P. Babayan | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Isayan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Khachik Zahalyan | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Vartan Badalyan | Production Manager |
| Directing | Ruben Martirosyan | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | N. Tzaturyan | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rom. Zhamharyan | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Iren Ordukhanyan | Sound |
| Camera | M. Khanamiryan | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | H. Mkrtchyan | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | V. Mnatsakanyan | Script Editor |
| Camera | Karen Mesyan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sarkis Gevorkyan | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Frunze Dovlatyan | Director |