The Color of Pomegranates
The Color of Pomegranates

Movie·1969·1h 20m

The Color of Pomegranates

A poetic evocation of the life of Armenian poet Sayat Nova.

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Armenian

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The Story

Original title: Նռան գույնը

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

Cinematography

Suren Shakhbazyan

Music

Tigran Mansuryan

Editor

Sergei Parajanov

Themes

poetarmenianawestruckbewildered

Production House

Armenia Studio

Audience Score

74%

337 votes

Skip8%
Timepass20%
Go for it38%
Perfection34%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Spartak Bagashvili

Spartak Bagashvili

Poet's Father

Sofiko Chiaureli

Sofiko Chiaureli

Poet as a Youth / Poet's Love / Poet's Muse / Mime / Angel of Resurrection

Medea Japaridze

Medea Japaridze

Poet's Mother

Vilen Galstyan

Vilen Galstyan

Sayat-Nova

Gogi Gegechkori

Gogi Gegechkori

Old Poet

Melkon Alekyan

Young Poet

Hovhannes Minasyan

Prince

Onik Minasyan

Prince

Yuri Amiryan

I. Babayan

Medea Bibileishvili

T. Dvali

Aleksandr Dzhanshiyev

Monk

Guranda Gabunia

Guranda Gabunia

Zh. Gharibyan

L. Karamyan

G. Margaryan

G. Matsukatov

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Crew

Sergei Parajanov

Sergei Parajanov

Editor, Writer, Director

Tigran Mansuryan

Tigran Mansuryan

Original Music Composer

Suren Shakhbazyan

Suren Shakhbazyan

Director of Photography

Marfa Ponomarenko

Editor

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