SAYAT NOVA

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Lyrical evocation of the life of the 18th century Armenian poet Harutyan Sayatyan (a.k.a. Sayat Nova) who was famous as a troubadour and writer of love poems and songs. The film uses symbolic imagery patterned after Armenian icons and the folk theatre traditions of masque and mime and is told through a series of titled episodes. There is no synchronised dialogue, only quotations from the poet's verse and voice-over commentary.

Cast & credits

Cast

the young poet/ his beloved/ Sofiko Chiaureli
a nun with white laces/ Sofiko Chiaureli
the angel of resurrection/ pantomime Sofiko Chiaureli
the poet as a child Melkop Alekyan
the poet as a monk Vilen Galstyan
the poet as an old man Giorgi Gegechkori
the prince Onik Minasyan
cast member Spartak Bagashvili
cast member Medea Japaridze
cast member G. Matsukatov
cast member Medea Bibileishvili
cast member G. Margaryan
cast member L. Karamyan
cast member Guranda Gabunia
cast member Bela Mirianashvili
cast member I. Babayan
cast member B. Tatishvili
cast member Zh. Garibyan
cast member T. Dvali
cast member E. Papakhchyan
cast member Yuri. Merdenov
cast member Yuri Amiryan

Credits

Direction

Director Sergei Paradjanov
1st Assistant Director Arshavir Samvelyan
2nd Assistant Director Rom. Zhamgaryan

Subject

[Subject of Film] Sayat Nova

Production

Production Company Armenfilm
Production Manager Arcadi Melik-sarkisyan

Writing

Script Editor Bagrat Oganesyan
Script Editor P. Zeituntsyan
Screenplay Sergei Paradjanov
[Based on] a poem by Sayat Nova

Photography

Director of Photography Suren Shakhbazian
Camera Operator Martin Shakhbazyan

Special Effects

Special Effects L. Karamyan
Special Effects O. Ovanesyan

Editing

Editor Mariya Ponomarenko
[Re-editing of 1971 version] Sergei Yutkevich

Choreography

Pantomime Choreography Sergei Paradjanov

Sound

Sound Recording Yuri Sayadyan
Sound Mixer Yuri Arutyunyan

Consultant

Architectural Consultant Victor Dzorbenadze