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Sayat Nova (poems)
Sergei Parajanov (writer)
Release Date:
27 January 1982 (France) more
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One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, Sergei Parajanov's "Color of the Pomegranate",... more | add synopsis
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Fascinating and unusual film more (26 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Sofiko Chiaureli | ... | Poet as a Youth / Poet's Love / Poet's Muse / Mime / Angel of Resurrection |
| Melkon Aleksanyan | ... | Poet as a child (as M. Alekyan) |
| Vilen Galstyan | ... | Poet in the cloister |
| Giorgi Gegechkori | ... | Poet as an old man |
| Spartak Bagashvili | ... | Poet's father |
| Medea Djaparidze | ... | Poet's mother |
| Hovhannes Minasyan | ... | Prince |
| Onik Minasyan | ... | Prince |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yuri Amiryan | ||
| I. Babayan | ||
| Medea Bibileishvili | ||
| T. Dvali | ||
| Aleksandr Dzhanshiyev | ... | Monk |
| Guranda Gabunia | ||
| Zh. Gharibyan | ||
| L. Karamyan | ||
| G. Margaryan | ||
| G. Matsukatov | ||
| Yuri Merdenov | ||
| Bela Mirianashvili | ||
| E. Panakhchyan | ||
| B. Tatishvili | ||
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Also Known As:
Цвет граната (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Brotseulis kvaviloba (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
Color of Pomegranates (USA)
Colour of Pomegranate (Europe: English title)
Nran guyne (Soviet Union: Armenian title)
Red Pomegranate (USA)
The Colour of Pomegranates (UK)
Tsvet granata (Soviet Union: Russian title) (censored version)
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79 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Shown at the 1980 New York Film Festival without English subtitles. However for later release subtitles were added. more
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Featured in Tsvet armyanskoy zemli (1969) more
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The Color of Pomegranates (made in 1968, and also released under the name Sayat Nova) is not really a conventional movie. It is more like a series of tableaux "inspired" by 18th century Armenian poet Nova. It is nonetheless fascinating, and should be required viewing for anybody interested not only in Armenian culture but in cinema in general (or, if you wish, the visual arts). This movie has inspired many artists, including some music videos (admittedly not among the arts' highest form), including REM's "Losing my Religion" and Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby. There is a heavy homo erotic subtext to many of the tableaux, and as a matter of fact, Paradjanov would later spent several years in jail in the Soviet Union accused, among other things, of homosexuality. Though released under international pressure, it would take him another 16 years to make another movie, shortly before his untimely death in 1990.