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Cinema of Armenia

THE GREATEST OF ALL THE ARMENIAN FILMS

A number of Armenian filmmakers and films, made in Armenia and in foreign countries, have secured their place in the history of cinema. Of all the Armenian films, the most important is “Sayat Nova” also known as “The Color of Pomegranates”, about the 18th century Armenian troubadour Harutyun Sayadian or King of Song. It was directed by the genius Sergei Parajanov (Paradjanov) in 1968 and is now regarded as one of the greatest cinema masterpieces of all time. “Sayat Nova” received the praise of such legends as Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrei Tarkovsky andothers and made many Top 10 and Top 100 Greatest Movies lists all over the world including the prestigeous French magazine Cahiers du Cinema.

ARMENIAN FILMS OR FILMMAKERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

In Hollywood, innovative Armenian filmmaker Rouben Mamoulian directed such movie icons as Gary Cooper in the “City Streets”(1931), Marlene Dietrich in the “Song of Songs” (1933), Greta Garbo in “Queen Christina” (1933), Rita Hayworth and Anthony Quinn in“Blood and Sand” (1941), Henry Fonda in “Rings on Her Fingers”(1942) and Mickey

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