Country: Armenia, Germany
Year: 1992
Duration: 84'
"The film contains the story of an Armenian emigrant, Avetik, who went West (chapter called 'Avetik in Berlin'), his reaction to tragical events in his homeland (chapter called 'Armenia'), his reflections on history (chapter called 'Meeting the King'), the genocide of Armenians in Turkey 1915 and its effects on Armenians Diaspora in Berlin (chapter called 'The Conversation Between Soothsayer and His Brother'), Avetik's childhood memories, his considerations about death and love (chapter called 'Nahapet Kuchak'), about film and German racism (chapter called 'Journalist at Avetik')." (Don Askarian
Biography
film director
Don Askarian
Don Askarian was born in Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) in 1949. He studied History and Art in Moscow, then worked as a assistant director and as a film critic. In prison from 1975 to 1977, in 1978 Askarian emigrated from USSR. Living in Berlin since 1979. In 1984 he directed The Bear, a film based on Cechov story, in 1988 Nagorny Karabakh, a documentary. Komitas, his first feature film, is dedicated to the victims of Armenian genocide in 1915.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Bear (mm, 1984), Komitas (1988), Nagorny Karabakh (mm, doc., 1988), Avetik (1992).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura e scenografia: Don Askarian.
Director of photography: G. Avagian, M. Gressmann, A. Sinanos.
Editor: Don Askarian, Margarita Woskanian.
Music: V. Bellini, F. Schubert, Armenian Folksmusic.
Cast: Alik Assatrian, Geno Lechner, Karen Ganibekian, Eduard Saribekian.
Director of Production: Margarita Woskanian.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Margarita Woskanian Filmproduction, Niebuhrstrasse 69, 1000 Berlin 12, Germany, tel. +49-303242797, fax +49-30-3246023.
Director of photography: G. Avagian, M. Gressmann, A. Sinanos.
Editor: Don Askarian, Margarita Woskanian.
Music: V. Bellini, F. Schubert, Armenian Folksmusic.
Cast: Alik Assatrian, Geno Lechner, Karen Ganibekian, Eduard Saribekian.
Director of Production: Margarita Woskanian.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Margarita Woskanian Filmproduction, Niebuhrstrasse 69, 1000 Berlin 12, Germany, tel. +49-303242797, fax +49-30-3246023.
