The Legend of Suram Fortress

Born in Tiflis, now Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1924. In 1942, he enrolled at the Institute of Railway Transport. He soon left the job to pursue an artistic path at the Tbilisi Music and Arts Conservatory. In 1945, he was admitted to the film directing course at VGIK. Under the creative guidance of Igor Savchenko and Alexander Dovzhenko, he made his first film, A Moldovian Tale, in 1952. In 1964, he directed Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, considered one of his masterpieces. The director was honored at the 35th Mostra with a retrospective of nine of his films, including The Color of Pomegranates, Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961) and The Legend of Suram Fortress (1984), the latter had already been exhibited and awarded at the 11th Mostra. Died in Armenia in 1990 at the age of 66.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA