Pepo (film)
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USSR (Armenfilm) movie "Pepo" (Պեպո) title.
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| Directed by | Hamo Beknazarian Armen Gulakyan |
| Written by | Hamo Beknazarian |
| Starring | Hrachia Nersisyan Avet Avetisyan Hasmik Grigor Avetyan |
| Music by | Aram Khachaturian |
| Cinematography | Dmitri Feldman |
| Distributed by | Amkino Corporation (1935) (USA) (subtitled) |
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Release dates
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9 October 1935 |
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Running time
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88 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Armenian |
Pepo (Armenian: Պեպո) is a 1935 Soviet film directed by Hamo Beknazarian which is based on Gabriel Sundukyan's 1876 play of the same name. Pepo was the first Armenian language sound film ever created. Music for the film was created by the young Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, who was born in Tiflis himself. Considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II,[1] the film has gained international recognition and has come to represent Armenian culture abroad.[2]
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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.[3] The story comes to a conclusion of sorts when Pepo falls in love.[4]
Cast
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- Hrachia Nersisyan – Pepo
- Tatyana Makhmuryan – Kekel, his sister
- David Malyan – Kakuli, a friend
- Avet Avetisyan – Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov
- Hambartsum Khachanyan – Darcho, merchant (as A. Khazanyan)
- Hasmik – Shushan (as Hasmik)
- Grigor Avetyan – Giko (as G. Avetyan)
- Nina Manucharyan – Natel (as N. Manuizauryan)
- 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
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Pepo's statue in Yerevan
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Pepo
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Pepo and Zimzimov
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Kekel
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