Robert Sahakyants

Directing

Robert Sahakyants

Born — Died

1950-08-30 — 2009-09-24

Place of birth

Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Robert Arshavirovich Sahakyants (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Սահակյանց, Russian: Роберт Аршавирович Саакянц, 30 August 1950 – 24 September 2009) was an Armenian animator in the former Soviet Union and Armenia. Sahakyants was born in Baku, in Soviet Azerbaijan, on 30 August 1950. In 1964, he and his family moved to Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. Since 1970, he has worked at the Armenfilm film studio as an animator, and since 1972 as an animated director. He was the author of many cartoons and in 1987, was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR. In the same year, his animated film, The Lesson, was shown at the Soviet Union film festival where it won an award. In 2008, he received the titl…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
NR

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1992

Ananas Bananas poster
NR

Not everybody is endowed with a vivid imagination. One person can imagine paradise, yet the other one can only imagine himself as being the boss.

Ananas Bananas

2004

Ananas Bananas poster
NR

Not everybody is endowed with a vivid imagination. One person can imagine paradise, yet the other one can only imagine himself as being the boss.

Ananas Bananas

2004

The Resourceful Peasant poster
NR

A folk parable about a resourceful peasant who cured the king of his poor appetite.

The Resourceful Peasant

1984

The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom poster
NR

The magical trolls are in for a night full of ghosts and goblins as they enter the "Castle of Doom" on Halloween night.

The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom

1994

Wow! A Talking Fish! poster
8.0

A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.

Wow! A Talking Fish!

1983

Wow! A Talking Fish! poster
8.0

A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.

Wow! A Talking Fish!

1983

The Little Farmer poster
NR

A young boy spends his entire day working in the fields, enjoying the company of animals, and joyfully singing along with them.

The Little Farmer

1983

The Priest Had A Dog poster
NR

There was a priest in the village and he had a dog. The priest owned a big shed in which he kept a huge amount of meat. The dog guarded this shed from other dogs, but one day the dog could not resist and ate one of the sausages. The priest noticed this and killed his pet. Then he buried the dog near the fence and made an inscription: "Priest had a dog, he loved it, it ate a piece of meat, he killed it, buried it in the ground, and wrote this inscription so that...", but, fixated, begins to write it on the ground. Thus he, continuing to write, visits various parts and countries, and eventually returns to his home and finishes writing near the place where he buried his dog. But upon entering the barn, the priest sees various animals greedily eating everything in it.

The Priest Had A Dog

1983

The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel poster
NR

The Norfins are in for a delightful surprise when a charming alien with magical powers drops in for a visit.

The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel

1994

A Thousand and One Tricks poster
NR

The king goes out onto the streets of his kingdom to find out how his people feel about him.

A Thousand and One Tricks

1981

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color poster
6.6

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color

1981

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color poster
6.6

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color

1981

Lilith poster
NR

The tale of Lilith, first wife of Adam.

Lilith

1973

Who Will Tell A Fable? poster
7.1

"...whoever tells me a story and I say, "It's not true, I don't believe it," will receive half the kingdom as a reward." decided the bored king.

Who Will Tell A Fable?

1982

Who Will Tell A Fable? poster
7.1

"...whoever tells me a story and I say, "It's not true, I don't believe it," will receive half the kingdom as a reward." decided the bored king.

Who Will Tell A Fable?

1982

Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth

1998

Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth

1998

Wow, Butter Week! poster
8.0

A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Wow, Butter Week!

1985

Wow, Butter Week! poster
8.0

A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Wow, Butter Week!

1985

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam... poster
7.2

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...

1984

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam... poster
7.2

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...

1984

The Lesson poster
4.1

A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.

The Lesson

1987

The Lesson poster
4.1

A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.

The Lesson

1987

Echo poster
NR

A naive peasant decides to sell his cow to the tree and persistently demands to pay the promised gold for the animal.

Echo

1986

Brave Nazar poster
9.0

The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest.

Brave Nazar

1980

The Resourceful Peasant poster
NR

A king believes the peasants are hoarding all the good food.

The Resourceful Peasant

1986

The Button poster
4.4

Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.

The Button

1989

The Button poster
4.4

Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.

The Button

1989

The Fox Book poster
0.5

The cartoon is based on the wisdom of medieval Armenian fables pictured with the synthesis of modern animation and rock music.

The Fox Book

1975

Elections poster
7.0

Animated short about presidential elections of 1991 and its consequences in the Armenian people’s life under the rule of Pan-Armenian National Movement. Based on a song by Armenian poet and songwriter Ruben Hakhverdyan.

Elections

1994

The Axe poster
NR

Someone gives a hatchet to people of freezing country, but their lack of skill and misunderstanding how to use it lead to endless deaths and disasters

The Axe

1994

The Axe poster
NR

Someone gives a hatchet to people of freezing country, but their lack of skill and misunderstanding how to use it lead to endless deaths and disasters

The Axe

1994

Wind poster
5.0

Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form.

Wind

1988

Wind poster
5.0

Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form.

Wind

1988

I Am Armenian Too poster
NR

An adult cartoon about an elderly man who travels by train to the "End of the Earth".

I Am Armenian Too

2000

I Am Armenian Too poster
NR

An adult cartoon about an elderly man who travels by train to the "End of the Earth".

I Am Armenian Too

2000

For You, Armenia poster
6.3

Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.

For You, Armenia

1990

For You, Armenia poster
6.3

Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.

For You, Armenia

1990

Victoria poster
NR

Wordless animated fim from Robert Sahakyants

Victoria

1997