8 Movies Starring Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Gorod Zero

Gorod Zero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-03-16

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (792 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Karen Shakhnazarov

Fullplot:

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy (a secretary who works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & roll player, etc) and, in addition, this man is witness of a suicide, so he is trapped inside the town.

Assassin of the Tsar

Assassin of the Tsar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-01

Languages:

Russian, English

Countries:

Soviet Union, UK

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (459 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Karen Shakhnazarov

Fullplot:

A patient in a modern day mental institution believes that he is the man who assassinated Tsar Alexander in 1881 and Tsar Nicolas II in 1918. He and his doctor soon slip out of reality and are forced to relive the events of 1918 in order to break the spell.

Gorod Zero

Gorod Zero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-03-16

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (810 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Karen Shakhnazarov

Fullplot:

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy (a secretary who works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & roll player, etc) and, in addition, this man is witness of a suicide, so he is trapped inside the town.

Bednaya Sasha

Bednaya Sasha

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-26

Languages:

Russian, French, German

Countries:

Russia

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (261 Reviews)

Director:

Tigran Keosayan

Fullplot:

Zhil-byl pyos

Zhil-byl pyos

Basic Info:

Languages:

Russian, Ukrainian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

10 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (1228 Reviews)

Director:

Eduard Nazarov

Cast:

Writer:

Eduard Nazarov (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Best Movie

The Best Movie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-24

Languages:

Russian, French, German

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1539 Reviews)

Director:

Kirill Kuzin

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Artak Gasparyan

Garik Kharlamov

Dzhavid Kurbanov

Aleksandr Onipko

Artur Tumasyan (idea)

Artur Tumasyan

Fullplot:

The Ghost

The Ghost

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-13

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (954 Reviews)

Director:

Karen Oganesyan

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

In Moscow, Anton is out of ideas for his "Ghost" novels about a hit man, based on old news accounts. At a book signing, a man buys Anton's latest; then, on a street below, Anton sees the man murder a witness in an upcoming trial. Days later, the killer chats up Anton at a cafè, offering ideas for plots. Anton accepts and his writing improves. Meanwhile, he has a troubled relationship with Mika: she's forgiving, but his drinking and late-night writing sessions drive her away. Plus, he spends precious little time with his son, who's in an institution. Slowly, the hit man raises the ante with Anton: how far will a writer go to understand his fictional character?

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-16

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

75 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (159 Reviews)

Director:

Garri Bardin

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Christian Andersen (tale)

Garri Bardin (screenwriter)

Fullplot:

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

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