The Color of Pomegranates

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Not Rated 27 Jan 1982 • Biography, Drama, History • 1h 19m
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One of cinema's greatest masterpieces, Sergei Parajanov's "The Color of Pomegranates," a biography of the Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova (King of Song) reveals the poet's life more through his poetry than a conventional narration of important events in Sayat Nova's life. We see the poet grow up, fall in love, enter a monastery and die, but these incidents are depicted in the context of what are images from Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems, poems that are seen and rarely heard. Sofiko Chiaureli plays 5 roles, both male and female, and Sergei Parajanov writes, directs, edits, choreographs, works on costumes, design and decor and virtually every aspect of this one-of-a-kind work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

Sergei Parajanov
Director
Sayat Nova, Sergei Parajanov
Writer
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan
Starring

Language: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Country: Soviet Union
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7.6

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