Cinema
Personally Known
Անձամբ ճանաչում եմ
Stepan Kevorkov · 1958
Synopsis
1905. On a luxury train searched by gendarmes, an elegant prince plays cards with a gendarmerie colonel: he is Kamo, the revolutionary sought throughout the Caucasus, and he is carrying dynamite for insurgent workers. His portrait covers the walls of Tiflis, there is a price on his head; he will have to go through arrest, torture and prison before meeting Lenin.
Context
The first part of a trilogy devoted to the revolutionary Simon Ter-Petrossian, known as Kamo, whom Gorky called the artist of the revolution, the film was co-directed by Stepan Kevorkov and Erazm Karamyan from a screenplay by Mark Maksimov, with music by Arno Babadjanian. The role of Kamo was Gourguen Tonounts's first major role, after being confined until then to bit parts. Filming took place in Georgia, Armenia and France, and the film was released in Moscow on 17 April 1958.
Who it is for
One hour forty-four minutes, in Armenian, with subtitles. A revolutionary adventure film, to be taken with the rhetoric of its time.
Prizes and reception
Awarded at the Union film festival in Kyiv in 1959; its directors and its cinematographer received the State Prize of Armenia in 1967 for this film and the next.