Namus
(Honor)
AKA Namous (L’Honneur) in France
(1926) Georgian-Armenian
B&W : [?] Eight? reels
Directed by Hamo Bek-Nazarov

Cast: Hasmik (Taguhi Hakobian) [Mariam], Maria Chahoupatian-Tatieva [Soussan], Hovhannès Abelian [Barkhoudar], Avet Avetissian [Haïro (Haïrapet)], Olga Maïssourian [Gulnaz], Samvel Mekertitchian [Seïran], Hrâtchia Nersissian [Roustam], Hambartsoum Khatchania [Badal], Mekertitch Garagach [tavern patron], Nina Manoutcharian [Chpanik], Amassi Martirossian [Sembat, Soussan’s brother], Ljuba Alexanyan [Susambar, Soussan’s friend], G. Melikyan [Sanam]

Goskinprom Gruzii and Armenkino production. / Scenario by Hamo Bek-Nazarov, from the novel Namus by Alexandre Chirvanzadé. Set design by V. Sidamon-Eristov and M. Sourgounov. Cinematography by Sergei Zabozlaev. / Premiere 13 April 1926 at the Cinema Naïri in Yerevan, Armenia. Premiere 12 May 1926 at the Malaïa Demitrovka in Moscow, Russia. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in Yerevan, Armenia, and in the Studio Tbilissi in Georgia. The film was restored in 1969 by Armenfilm. The film was again restored in 2005 by ZZ Productions (Paris) in association with Paradise Ltd. (Yerevan), with the cooperation of the Armenian National Cinematheque.

Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm restoration negative, 35mm restoration positives].

Keywords: Birthmarks

Listing updated: 6 April 2007.

References: Youngblood-Soviet pp. 100, 318 : with addition information provided by Fabio Guerzoni.