Kochvatz en aprelu

original title:
Kochvatz en aprelu
other titles:
They Are to Live
country / year of production:
Soviet Union / 1961
original length:
86 min. , black/white
premiere:
6 June 1961
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Laert Vagharshyan
film script:
Arnold Agababov
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cast (role):
Gurgen Tonunts , David Malyan
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plot synopsis:
The film deals with two brothers, who are separated during the Armenian genocide in 1915. One of them can escape over the ocean, the other dies in World War II. Later the survivor returns to Armenia, to look for his nephews.
keywords:
family on both sides of the front , exile , escape , execution , genocide , late returner
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Donald Bloxham. The great game of genocide. Imperialism, nationalism, and the destruction of the Ottoman Armenians. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
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