Shor and Shorshor

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Shor and Shorshor
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Directed by Hamo Beknazarian
Written byM. Bagratuni
Hamo Beknazarian
Starring Hambartsum Khachanyan
A. Amirbekyan
Nina Manucharyan
Avet Avetisyan
Grigor Avetyan
CinematographyGarosh Bek-Nazaryan
Arkadi Yalovoy
Production
company
Release date
  • 1926 (1926)
Running time
55 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageSilent

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.

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Plot

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

Production

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."

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References

  1. Shor and Shorshor (1926) . Retrieved 18 September 2024 via letterboxd.com.

Shor and Shorshor at IMDb