Shor and Shorshor
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Directed by | Hamo Beknazarian |
Written by | M. Bagratuni Hamo Beknazarian |
Starring | Hambartsum Khachanyan A. Amirbekyan Nina Manucharyan Avet Avetisyan Grigor Avetyan |
Cinematography | Garosh Bek-Nazaryan Arkadi Yalovoy |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Silent |
Shor and Shorshor is a 1926 Soviet comedy film directed by Hamo Beknazarian. Other title: "Armenian Pat & Patachon". Based on a story by M. Bagratuni.
Plot
[edit]The film tells of the adventures of rural slackers Shor and Shorshor. Their wives kick them out of the house (without collusion) and tell them that they will be able to return home only when they get hold of food, but the friends use the superstitious villagers only for procuring alcohol.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Hambartsum Khachanyan as Shor
- A. Amirbekyan as Shorshor
- Nina Manucharyan as Yeghso
- Avet Avetisyan as Vardan
- Grigor Avetyan as Miller
- B. Muradyan as Ghukas
- Ye. Adamyan as Heriknaz
- O. Stepanyan as Kyokhva (village headman)
- Arkady Harutyunyan as Ohan (as A. Harutyunyan)
- T. Shamirkhanyan as Vahan
- David Malyan as Devil
Production
[edit]The screenplay was written by Hamo Beknazarian in only one night, on the eleventh day of work the film was shot and edited. The director and the actors improvised on set. "Shor and Shorshor" was a huge success both in Armenia and abroad, bringing the studio "more than three hundred thousand ticket sales."
References
[edit]- ^ Shor and Shorshor (1926). Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via letterboxd.com.
External links
[edit]- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTGfl9EN8hI Full film on YouTube
- 1926 films
- Films directed by Hamo Beknazarian
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Films set in Armenia
- Soviet silent feature films
- Soviet comedy films
- Soviet-era Armenian films
- Armenfilm films
- 1926 comedy films
- Armenian comedy films
- Silent comedy films
- 1920s Soviet films
- 1920s Soviet film stubs
- Asian film stubs
- European film stubs
- Armenia stubs