Why Does The River Roar?

Why Does The River Roar?

90 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 5, 1959

Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.

Why Does The River Roar?

90 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 5, 1959

Why Does The River Roar?
Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.
Producers Armenfilm
Original title Ինչու է աղմկում գետը
Directors Ye. Tzaturyan, Grigori Melik-Avakyan
Writers L. Nersisyan, Mikhail Ovchinnikov

Cast

Hrachia Nersisyan

as Atanes Ghambaryan

Avet Avetisyan

as Burnazyan, kolkhoz director

Frunze Dovlatyan

as Armen Manukyan

Frunzik Mkrtchyan

as Khachik

David Malyan

as Darbinyan

Lilik Hovhannisyan

as Seda Ghambaryan

Nikolai Kazakov

as Samokhin

Levon Tukhikyan

as Suren

A. Arazyan

as Ashkhen

Lev Lobov

as Sokolov

S. Zhurabayev

as Bigildayev

O. Gerasimov

as Andreev

Azer Kurbanov

as Turkish border commissar

A. Adalyan

as Firuza

Ashot Nersisyan

as Old Man

Leonid Chembarskiy

as Irrigator