Namus (film)

Namus
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHamo Beknazarian
Based onNamus
by Alexander Shirvanzade
StarringHovhannes Abelian
Hasmik
CinematographySergei Zabozlayev
Production
companies
Armenfilm
Sakhkinmretsvi
Release dates
  • 13 April 1926 (1926-04-13) (Yerevan)
  • 3 October 1926 (1926-10-03) (Moscow)
Running time
62 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageArmenian (1960s voiced version)
Russian poster of Namus in Leningrad, 1926

Namus (Armenian: Նամուս, meaning "honor") is a 1925 silent drama film by Hamo Beknazarian,[1] based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name,[2] which denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families.[3][4][5] It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2000). Parlakian, Nishan (ed.). Modern Armenian drama : an anthology. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780231116305.
  2. ^ Cowe, 2000; Introduction
  3. ^ Lawton, Anna (1992). The Red Screen: Politics, Society, Art in Soviet Cinema. London: Psychology Press. p. 310. ISBN 9780415078191.
  4. ^ "Namus". Yerevan International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G., ed. (2004). The Armenian people from ancient to modern times (1. paperback ed.). New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. p. 357. ISBN 9781403964229.
  6. ^ Rosenfeld, Alla, ed. (1999). Defining Russian graphic arts: from Diaghilev to Stalin, 1898-1934. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Univ. Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780813526041.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference vault was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 190.