Pepo_(film)

<i>Pepo</i> (film)

Pepo (film)

1935 film

Pepo (Armenian: Պեպո) 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,[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

  • 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's statue in Yerevan
  • Pepo
  • Pepo and Zimzimov
  • Kekel

References

  1. [1]
    Tatiana Egorova. Soviet Film Music (Contemporary Music Studies). (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54
  2. [2]
    "Armenian cinema, 1935". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Pepo (1935)". Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  4. [4]
    "Pepo:Synopsis". Retrieved 11 August 2007.[permanent dead link]
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