The colour of pomegranates [videorecording] / written and directed by Sergei Paradjanov.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 2NDVD3206 | Second Sight FilmsLanguage: Armenian Original language: Armenian Subtitle language: English Publication details: [U.K.] : Second Sight, 2011.Edition: Special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., colUniform titles:

Sayat Nova (Motion picture)

Subject(s):

Sayatʻ-Nova, 1712-1795 -- Drama

DDC classification:

DVD 1062A

Cast: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori, Onik Minasyan, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Djaparidze.Summary: Critically-acclaimed Russian arthouse feature from the Soviet era. The film covers the life of the 18th century Armenian poet Arutiun Sayadin (Sofiko Chiaureli), also known as Sayat Nova. He began as a carpet weaver's apprentice, then became a court minstrel and finally an archbishop. The film's director Paradjanov was imprisoned in 1974 and on his release in 1977 a copy of this film was smuggled into the West. The Soviet authorities eventually agreed to it being shown 6 years later.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
3 Day Loan	LSAD Library DVD collection	DVD 1062A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100676247

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Special features: 'The world is a window: making The colour of pomegranates', 76 min. documentary by writer and filmmaker Daniel Bird ; 'Memories of Sayat Nova' by assistant director Levon Grigoryan ; Commentary by Levon Abrahamyan ; Introduction by Daniel Bird.

Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori, Onik Minasyan, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Djaparidze.

Critically-acclaimed Russian arthouse feature from the Soviet era. The film covers the life of the 18th century Armenian poet Arutiun Sayadin (Sofiko Chiaureli), also known as Sayat Nova. He began as a carpet weaver's apprentice, then became a court minstrel and finally an archbishop. The film's director Paradjanov was imprisoned in 1974 and on his release in 1977 a copy of this film was smuggled into the West. The Soviet authorities eventually agreed to it being shown 6 years later.

DVD, region 2.

In Armenian, with English subtitles.