Vigen Stepanyan

Acting

Vigen Stepanyan

Born 1952-10-08

Vigen Borisovich Stepanyan (October 8, 1952, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR - January 19, 2021, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian actor, director, Honored Artist of Armenia (2008).

Acting credits

A Piece of Sky poster
4.7

Nothing is easy for Torik, a shy orphan adopted by his aunt and uncle: he struggles to fit into village life, learn a craft, or find a wife. When Torik does fall in love – with Anjel, a local prostitute – he must face down the disapproval of his narrow-minded community and assert his right to happiness.

A Piece of Sky

1980

Happy Family poster
5.0

Artur is an Armenian guy who dreams about a career in filmmaking, but his grandfather wants him to take over the family wine business. When a bad review from an Estonian critic threatens to ruin the family business, Artur has to go to Tallinn to set things straight. There he meets the feisty Ingrid and things take an unexpected turn.

Happy Family

2018

White Bone poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

White Bone

1989

Miro of The Valley poster
7.0

The hero of the film loses his family during the 1915 genocide in the Ottoman Empire and fights against Turkish militiamen. Disappointed in his life, Miro finds refuge in Soviet Armenia. His love for a refugee girl sparks his willingness to create a family and start a new life.

Miro of The Valley

1981

New Year's Movie poster
NR

An Armenian New Year's musical

New Year's Movie

2009

My Armenian Phantoms poster
6.7

A tender posthumous letter to Tamara’s father, who was a film actor in Soviet Armenia. She already watched him on TV as a child before later establishing herself as a filmmaker. A captivating sleepwalk through the landscapes of Armenian film history.

My Armenian Phantoms

2025

King John poster
NR

A historical chronicle about the history of England during the reign of John Lackland.

King John

1984

No artwork available
NR

90s of the 20th century. The USSR Empire is collapsed. It left a whole generation helpless and lost. Arsen, set free from military imprisonment, suffers a double tragedy: on the culmination of the USSR collapse he lost the most important people in his life — his parents and the friend. How to live henceforth if there are no light drops both in the personal and public life? Or maybe there are.

Light Drops

2021

Daredevils of Sassoun poster
8.0

An animated film based on the Armenian heroic epic poem Daredevils of Sassoun. The animation centers around the main protagonist of the third branch of the Sassoun family, named David.

Daredevils of Sassoun

2010

Hot Country, Cold Winter poster
NR

A STORY OF A FAMILY, THE HISTORY OF A NATION ”A little piece of land? A whole country? A little group of people or a whole nation? What are they waiting for? Is their queue endless?” Do not expect to get all the answers. A tale of a man and a woman suffering the circumstances of a total energy crisis. Their recollections, short narratives, imagination act as aids in understanding of the story, and in understanding that core human values are shared throughout the world.

Hot Country, Cold Winter

2015

Garegin Nzhdeh poster
6.3

A film depicting the life and times of an armenian revolutionary and military strategist - Garegin Nzhdeh.

Garegin Nzhdeh

2013

The Last Sunday poster
10.0

For a favorable attitude from his bosses Armen is ready to give up his material welfare but not his duty, honor or conscience.

The Last Sunday

1986

The Voice in the Wilderness poster
9.0

Armenia in the Middle Ages ... the desert ... the bell-tower of a half-destroyed church ... Martiros languishes in the desert. His heart strikes out beyond the narrow monastic circle.

The Voice in the Wilderness

1992

While We Live poster
8.0

The action of the film takes place in a children's colony, where a film is being shot. In the colony, director Manvel Simonyan gets to know the minor prisoner Hovhannes Darbinyan, who was sentenced to prison for stabbing her lover while trying to protect his mother. The director takes upon himself the burden of releasing a juvenile prisoner before the deadline.

While We Live

1986

Scotch & Whiskey poster
6.0

A young couple is happy until the husband finds a new girlfriend and tries to leave his wife. But things get messier when a robber breaks into their house.

Scotch & Whiskey

2015

The Soldier and the Elephant poster
5.2

Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.

The Soldier and the Elephant

1978

Breath poster
10.0

An industrial plant pollutes Lake Sevan with discharges. The public demands to close harmful production. The responsible worker, who is in charge of the plant, understands the requirements of environmentalists, but does not dare to conflict with the management.

Breath

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Business Trip to a Sanatorium

1981

Pharmacy at the Crossroads poster
10.0

Every day, at the intersection of streets near a small old pharmacy, janitor Musheg, pharmacist Adamyan, and security guard Gaspard meet. They are all elderly people who lived through the war, during which they lost their loved ones. But the main thing that unites them is their faith in people, in justice, and their ability to come to the rescue when needed.

Pharmacy at the Crossroads

1988

Mariam poster
NR

A lonely teacher at a college for deaf and dumb children started to hear a strange pitched noise that breaks the windows.

Mariam

2005