Zangezur (1938 film)

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Zangezur
Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Y. Dukor
Written by Axel Bakunts
Hamo Beknazarian
Starring Hrachia Nersisyan
Avet Avetisyan
Hasmik Agopyan
Music by Aram Khachaturyan
Cinematography Garosh Bek-Nazaryan
Ivan Dildaryan
Distributed by Armenkino
Release date(s) May 23 1938
Running time 89 min.
Country Soviet Union
Language Armenian
Russian

Zangezur is a 1938 Soviet Armenian film by Hamo Beknazarian about Dashnak opposition to the incursion of the Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans in the Armenian province of Zangezur (present-day Syunik) at the time of Sovietization. The film featured Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan, and Hasmik Agopyan.