Italy / Sep 05, 1988 / Venice Film Festival
1h 36min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915. The final 20 years of Komitas life were spent in various mental hospitals. The destiny of Komitas? This is the magic beauty of Armenian culture and the abhorrent brutality of Armenian history. A cultural and artistic world that was slaughtered with a curved knife. A humanity that doggedly advances towards an apocalyptic catastrophe, that does not recognize its own original purpose, eradicates its own memory, its final roots.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mohammad Tohmasebi | Musician 1 |
| Eksander Abadii | Musician 2 |
| Sonja Askarian | Angel 2 |
Genres
TV MovieDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Կոմիտաս |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Belgium, Germany, Soviet Union, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Sender Freies Berlin, Margarita Woskanjan Filmproduktion, RTBF, WDR, Channel 4 Television |
| Release date | 5 settembre 1988 |
| Production | Margarita Woskanjan, Don Askarian |
| Writer | Don Askarian, Komitas, Tessa Hofmann |
| Editing | René Perraudin, Marion Regentrop |
| Cinematography | Giorgos Arvanitis, Martin Gressmann, Eberhard Geick |
| Assistant directors | Don Askarian |
| Camera operators | Giorgos Arvanitis, Martin Gressmann, Eberhard Geick |
| Additional photography | Giorgos Arvanitis, Martin Gressmann, Eberhard Geick |
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| Special effects | Lothar Tropp |
| Music | Feqiyê Teyra, Ralf Krause |
| Sound | Ralf Krause, Feqiyê Teyra |
| Costume design | Bernhard Mühl |
| Makeup | Bernhard Mühl |
| Hairstyling | Bernhard Mühl |
Release dates
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