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To celebrate the centenary of Armenian film, we present a new restoration of this neglected silent classic by Hamo Bek-Nazaryan, the founding father of the nation’s cinema. A co-production of the Armenian and Azerbaijani national studios, this historical melodrama recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in pre-revolutionary Baku. Bek-Nazaryan’s mastery of the silent screen is on full display here, from the striking use of close-ups and densely-plotted narrative intrigue to the show-stopping devastation of the finale. Presented with a new score by Juliet Merchant

House on the Volcano 1929 1080p WEB-DL AAC 2.0 x264-NDD.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 3 min
Size: 	1.32 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1440x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	2 718 kb/s
BPP: 	0.073
Audio
#1:  	zxx 2.0ch AAC LC @ 253 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/DA035ADFE085EAA/House_on_the_Volcano_1929_1080p_WEB-DL_AAC_2.0_x264-NDD.mkv

Language(s):Russian Intertitles
Subtitles:English

The post Amo Bek-Nazaryan – Dom na vulkane AKA House on the Volcano (1929) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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David Bek (died: 1728) was one of the most prominent figures of the Armenian liberation movement against the Safavid and Ottoman occupying forces. In 1722-25 with direct support from Mkhitar Sparapet, he headed the armed struggle of Syunik (particularly from Kapan) and Artsakh Armenians against Safavids, which led to the slaughter and expulsion of Muslims from the Turkic villages of the Kapan and Meghri districts of Eastern Armenia, that were destroyed by him. In 1726-28 Armenians under the leadership of David Bek fought with Ottoman forces, that were attempting to conquer Transcaucasia.

In 1943 (or 1944), “David-Bek” Hamo Beknazarian directed the film with Hrachia Nersisyan starring as David Bek. In 1978 Armenfilm in association with Mosfilm produced another movie about the efforts of David Bek and Mkhitar Sparapet (“Huso astgh – Star of Hope”).

1.06GB | 1h 27m | 560×424 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/D188D6B0CEF75C1/david.bek.avi
https://nitro.download/view/C9C15554E1095F1/David_Bek.1944.ENG.05.srt

Language:Russian
Subtitles:English

The post Amo Bek-Nazaryan – David Bek (1944) first appeared on Cinema of the World.