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Music by | Aram Khachaturian [2] |
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Distributed by | Armenkino |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
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Zangezur is a 1938 Soviet Armenian war film by Hamo Beknazarian. A propaganda film released on the eve of World War II, it depicts the 1921 anti-Bolshevik uprising in Zangezur (present-day Syunik), in which Dashnak forces clashed with the Red Army and Armenian Bolshevik partisans.
According to Ashot Hovhannisian, the idea for the film was conceived by Anastas Mikoyan. [1] The screenplay was originally written by Axel Bakunts, before his arrest in 1936 during the Great Purge. [1] The film score was composed by Aram Khachaturian. [2] For the film, director Beknazarian was awarded the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, in 1941. [3]