Hamo Bek-Nazaryan

Directing

Hamo Bek-Nazaryan

Born 1892-05-31 · Erivan, Russian Empire

Hamo Beknazarian (Armenian: Համո Բեկնազարյան; Russian: Амбарцум Бек-Назаров; 19 May 1891 – 27 April 1965), also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Sevil poster
5.8

After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat rules.

Sevil

1929

No artwork available
8.0

Two friends, Shor and Shorshor, both idlers and drunkards, have many comical adventures and get into lot of trouble.

Shor and Shorshor

1926

Zangezur poster
7.0

The film is about the civil war in the Zangezur (Syunik) province of Armenia in the early 1920s. The last Dashnak battalions headed by Sparapet Nzhdeh still opposed both the incursion of Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans.

Zangezur

1938

Zangezur poster
7.0

The film is about the civil war in the Zangezur (Syunik) province of Armenia in the early 1920s. The last Dashnak battalions headed by Sparapet Nzhdeh still opposed both the incursion of Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans.

Zangezur

1938

Pepo poster
4.9

A poor but honest fisherman Pepo opposes a cunning trader Zimzimov, who tries to rob him by trickery refusing to pay a lost bill. Pepo choses prison to paying-off his honour.

Pepo

1935

Pepo poster
4.9

A poor but honest fisherman Pepo opposes a cunning trader Zimzimov, who tries to rob him by trickery refusing to pay a lost bill. Pepo choses prison to paying-off his honour.

Pepo

1935

The Lost Treasure poster
6.3

During the Civil War, a long time friends Ilya, Tanya and Tevdore decide to find the treasure, which is hidden by the counter revolutionists. After many precarious efforts the disguised friends manage somehow to penetrate the enemy’s camp and attend their leadership’s party. Tanya enchants the enemy Commander Kleshchuk and gets hold of the key of his apartment. The friends steal the treasure, baffle Kleshchuk’s pursuit and return the treasure to the government.

The Lost Treasure

1924

The Lost Treasure poster
6.3

During the Civil War, a long time friends Ilya, Tanya and Tevdore decide to find the treasure, which is hidden by the counter revolutionists. After many precarious efforts the disguised friends manage somehow to penetrate the enemy’s camp and attend their leadership’s party. Tanya enchants the enemy Commander Kleshchuk and gets hold of the key of his apartment. The friends steal the treasure, baffle Kleshchuk’s pursuit and return the treasure to the government.

The Lost Treasure

1924

In the Pillory poster
8.4

Nunu and Iago are in love with each other. The married guard Girgola wants to get hold of the woman. Girgola gets Iago arrested and makes Nunu marry his retarded brother. On one occasion he finds the woman alone and rapes her. Nunu jumps in the river to commit suicide but gets saved by Iago’s friends. Iago escapes from jail, but Girgola attacks his hideout and haves him killed together with his friends. Girgola also kills Nunu’s old father and accuses Nunu of the murder. Nunu is tied to a pole and dies in the exile.

In the Pillory

1923

In the Pillory poster
8.4

Nunu and Iago are in love with each other. The married guard Girgola wants to get hold of the woman. Girgola gets Iago arrested and makes Nunu marry his retarded brother. On one occasion he finds the woman alone and rapes her. Nunu jumps in the river to commit suicide but gets saved by Iago’s friends. Iago escapes from jail, but Girgola attacks his hideout and haves him killed together with his friends. Girgola also kills Nunu’s old father and accuses Nunu of the murder. Nunu is tied to a pole and dies in the exile.

In the Pillory

1923

Anahit poster
6.5

The prince falls in love with an ordinary girl and marries her. Later, when enemies capture the prince, it's his young wife who gets him out of trouble.

Anahit

1947

No artwork available
NR

One of the few Armenian fictions of the 1940s, this parable about the aftermath of World War II reveals the director's deeply humanistic vision, who finds the epic and the universal in minor and private subjects.

The Daughter

1942

The House on the Volcano poster
6.0

An aging drilling foreman recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in pre-revolutionary Baku.

The House on the Volcano

1929

The House on the Volcano poster
6.0

An aging drilling foreman recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in pre-revolutionary Baku.

The House on the Volcano

1929

Honor poster
4.5

Based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, the film denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.

Honor

1926

Honor poster
4.5

Based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, the film denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.

Honor

1926

Land of Nairi poster
7.0

For his first feature-length documentary, Bek-Nazarian uses both archival footage and re-enacted scenes to create a historical and poetic fresco about the transformation of the Nairi province into a flourishing Soviet republic.

Land of Nairi

1930

Zare poster
5.4

Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.

Zare

1926

Zare poster
5.4

Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.

Zare

1926

Khaspush poster
3.3

The movie is about the suppressed revolt of "khaspushes", Persian peasants and craftsmen in 1891.

Khaspush

1928

Khaspush poster
3.3

The movie is about the suppressed revolt of "khaspushes", Persian peasants and craftsmen in 1891.

Khaspush

1928

Natela poster
4.8

Love, adventure, and revolutionary uprising in 19th century Georgia.

Natela

1926

Natela poster
4.8

Love, adventure, and revolutionary uprising in 19th century Georgia.

Natela

1926

Housewarming poster
8.0

A musical comedy about the adventures of a few students in Soviet Uzbekistan

Housewarming

1955