
Acting
Karen Jangiryan
Born 1948-03-15 · Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Acting credits
8.0Arevik is a young woman taking care of the children of a widower who is in jail, due to her testimony.
Arevik
1978
8.0Hrant is tailor at the fashion house Olimpia. He's a man of great generosity and kindness but has reputation of being strange. His great love for preserving the spirit of art pushes against the wills of Yerevan's various personalities, and conflicts against the set rules of society.
The Man from Olympus
1976
NRA criminal story about how a KGB investigator tries to rehabilitate an innocent-convicted Red Army soldier and when she manages to prove his innocence - the power in the country changes and it is removed from further investigation.
Forgive Us Mother Russia
1991
A lyrical drama about the difficulties of love. A geologist husband returns home after a long absence, but he is sent on a new business trip the same day.
A Much Anticipated Day
1980
The main character of the film is an outstanding physicist who was invited to Armenia from Russia to head a lab. He comes across many troubles in his homeland, but nevertheless finds his true love there.
Return
1972
NRThe film is dedicated to the boys who grew up during the war. The main characters are the milkmaid Bahar and the village postman Merdan. They are not even nine years old, but they know that every day they live and every good deed they do brings them closer to Victory Day and the day their fathers return.
Here Comes Dad
1981
NRAbout the early years of Soviet power in Armenia. The protagonist of the film is the chairman of the revolutionary committee in a provincial town, where not everyone has yet come to terms with the new regime.
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
1978
NRThe heroine, an employee of the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, projects the events of her life onto the stories she studies from medieval manuscripts and comes to very instructive conclusions for herself.
And Then You'll Be Back...
1978
7.0The house of a village teacher burns down. Out of sympathy the villagers come to rebuild the house. And here come the real troubles...
Fire
1984
5.0A story involving a survivor of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
Sunrise over Lake Van
2011
6.5One day, Sona, the widow and mother of three children, turns her attention to the inveterate bachelor Ruben. Since then, an engineer, a jack of all trades and an incorrigible dreamer only thinks about her
The Mechanics of Happiness
1982
10.0The film is set in Baku at the beginning of the 20th century. After his death, the wealthy oil magnate Marcos Alimyan bequeathed his entire fortune to his eldest son, Smbat. Influenced by money, Smbat becomes involved in business, forgetting all his lofty aspirations. His younger son, a spendthrift and a reveler, is reformed by the influence of noble love.
Chaos
1974
NRAn adaptation of Jesus' life, the film mixes real and imaginary characters, biblical and historical references, to present two worlds condemned to coexist.
The Wilderness
1991
9.0An aged man falls in love with a woman refugee from Western Armenia. When his beloved dies because of his daughters, in a fury he destroys his only treasure - apple garden.
The Apple Orchard
1985