Karen Jangiryan

Acting

Karen Jangiryan

Born 1948-03-15 · Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Acting credits

Arevik poster
8.0

Arevik is a young woman taking care of the children of a widower who is in jail, due to her testimony.

Arevik

1978

The Man from Olympus poster
8.0

Hrant 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

Forgive Us Mother Russia poster
NR

A 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
6.3

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

Here Comes Dad poster
NR

The 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

Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee poster
NR

About 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

And Then You'll Be Back... poster
NR

The 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

Fire poster
7.0

The 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

Sunrise over Lake Van poster
5.0

A story involving a survivor of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Sunrise over Lake Van

2011

The Mechanics of Happiness poster
6.5

One 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

Chaos poster
10.0

The 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

The Wilderness poster
NR

An 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

The Apple Orchard poster
9.0

An 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