Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1935


Pepo (film)

Buy Pepo (film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Pepo' is a 1935 Soviet drama film based on Gabriel Sundukyan's 1876 play of the same name, scripted and directed by Hamo Beknazarian, with music composed by Aram Khachaturian. Considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II,Tatiana Egorova. 'Soviet Film Music (Contemporary Music Studies)'. (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54 the film has gained international recognition and has come to represent Armenian culture abroad.

Plot



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.



Cast



*Hrachia Nersisyan Pepo

*Tatyana Makhmuryan Kekel, his sister

*David Malyan Kakuli, a friend

*Avet Avetisyan Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov

*Hambartsum Khachanyan Darcho, merchant

*Hasmik Shushan

*Grigor Avetyan Giko

*Nina Manucharyan Natel

*Armen Gulakyan Duduli, a friend

*N. Gevorgyan Efemia

*Gurgen Gabrielyan Kinto

*A. Kefchiyan Pichkhul

*H. Vanyan Margurit

*M. Garagash Gevorg, clerk

*Vladimir Barsky Judge

*V. Bagratuni Samson

*M. Beroyan Darcho's mother

*M. Jrpetyan Gossiper

Images





Pepo statue (3).jpg|Pepo's statue in Yerevan

Pepo (film) 2011 Armenian stamp 1.jpg|Pepo

Pepo (film) 2011 Armenian stamp 2.jpg|Pepo and Zimzimov

Pepo (film) 2011 Armenian stamp 3.jpg|Kekel



References




Buy Pepo (film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1935



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1097290240.