Shot on the Border (1971)
The film is set at one of the remote outposts along the southern border, where a rather strange case is being investigated: border guard Ashot Terzyan killed a dog on foreign territory. In the course of explaining his perfectly justified action (Ashot was saving a boy from the dog), the young border guard made it clear to his superiors that a border crossing was being prepared on the other side. However, he did not present any concrete arguments or justifications. The border violation was detected a few days later. And soon after, Ashot himself noticed a man at the railway station whom he had clearly seen on the other side during the ill‑fated incident with the dog.
Directors: Dmitri Kesayants, Roman Zhamgaryan.
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Armen Ayvazyan as Armen Vanunts |
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Boris Bityukov as colonel Kozyryev |
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Ara Manukyan as lieutenant Sarkisyan |
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Hovhannes Vanyan as Ashot |
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Goar Akopyan as Nonna |
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Rita Gladunko as Vera Sergeyevna |
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Vyacheslav Sirin as starshina |
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N. Sakadj as Teryohin |
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M. Mnatsakanyan as Marishka |
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Azat Sherents as narushitel |
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Nikolay Gevorkyan as Border comissar |
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Rudolph Ghevondyan as |
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Miron Kechoglyan as |
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Yuri Grigorian as |
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Grachya Kostanyan as |
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Valentin Grachyov as cook Pasha |
| Directing | Dmitri Kesayants | Director |
| Directing | Roman Zhamgaryan | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Ovchinnikov | Writer |
| Sound | Edgar Oganesyan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ivan Dildaryan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Armen Mirakyan | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hrayr Karapetyan | Production Design |