The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

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Spartak Bagashvili as Poet's father • Sofiko Chiaureli as Poet as a Youth / Poet's Love / Poet's Muse / Mime / Angel of Resurrection • Medea Japaridze as Poet's mother • Vilen Galustyan as Sayat-Nova • Giorgi Gegechkori as Old poet • Melkon Alekyan as Poet as a child • Gogi Gegechkori as Poet as an old man

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production...

Certified Kino • Armenia • Soviet Union • Drama • History

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1. The Hamo Beknazaryan "Hayfilm" Studio

2. Author of the Film: Sergei Parajanov

3. Director of Photography: Suren Shahbazyan

4. Production Designer: Stepan Andranikyan

5. Tigran Mansurian

6. First Assistant Director: A. Samvelyan

7. Second Assistant Director: R. Zhamharyan

8. Sound Operator: Yu. Sayadyan

9. Camera Operator: Martuni Shahbazyan

10. Costume Design: E. Akhvlediani, I. Karalyan, Zh. Sarabyan

11. Make-Up: P. Aschyan, V. Asatryan

12. Film Editing: M. Ponomarenko

13. Set Decoration: Mikael Arakelyan

14. Visual Effects: L. Karamyan, H. Hovhannisyan

15. Script Editors: Bagrat Hovhannisyan, Perj Zeytuntsyan

16. Musical Editor: M. Berko

17. Musical Setting: Yuri Harutunyan

18. Sergei Parajanov

19. Architectural Consultant: V. Jorbenadze

20. Jewelry Designer: A. Asaturov

21. Production Manager: A. Melik-Sargsyan

22. Poet as a Youth, Poet's Love, The Nun in White Lace, The Angel of Resurrection, The Mime:

23. Sofiko Chiaureli

24. The poet as a child: M. Alekyan

25. The poet in the monastery: V. Galstyan

26. The poet as an old man: G. Gegechkori

27. The Prince: Hovhannes Minasyan

28. Supporting cast: S. Baghashvili, M. Japaridze, G. Matsukatov,

29. M. Bibileishvili, G. Margaryan, L. Karamyan,

30. G. Gabunia, B. Mirianashvili, I. Babayan,

31. B. Tatishvili, Zh. Gharibyan, T. Dvali,

32. E. Papakhanyan, Yu. Merdenov, Yu. Amiryan

33. This film does not attempt to tell the life story of a poet.

34. Rather, the filmmaker has tried to recreate the poet's inner world

35. through the trepidations of his soul, his passion and torments,

36. widely utilising the symbolism and allegories

37. specific to the tradition of Ashugh, the Medieval Armenian troubadours.

38. I am the man whose life and soul are torment.

39. I am the man whose life and soul are torment.

40. I am the man whose life and soul are torment.

41. I am the man whose life and soul are torment.

42. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

43. On the sixth day, God said:

44. "Let us make mankind in our image,

45. in our likeness".

46. So God created mankind in his own image,

47. in the image of God he created him.

48. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground,

49. and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

50. The Lord God took the man

51. and put him in the Garden of Eden

52. to till the soil,

53. and take care of the Garden.

54. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying...

55. Many have come before me, and vaguely known this amazing world,

56. they have extinguished and expired ahead of me.

57. Books must be well kept and read,

58. for books are Soul and Life.

59. Without books, the world would have witnessed nothing but ignorance.

60. Read aloud for the people to hear, in benefit of their souls,

61. for many are unable to read what is written.

62. From the colours and aromas of this world,

63. a poet's lyre my childhood did make, and offered it to me.

64. Saint George, we implore you, let your good fortune, your kind thoughts

65. spread over our family and our people. Along with your white horse,

66. be a stronghold for our people. Give prosperity to this family,

67. give them good thoughts and prosperity.

68. We were searching for ourselves in each other...

69. has gone beyond measure.

70. In this healthy and beautiful life only I have been made to suffer.

71. Why is it so?

72. We were searching for a place of refuge for our Jove,

73. but instead, the road led us to the land of the dead.

74. You abandoned us and went away, but we the living wrapped you

75. in a cocoon, so that in your new world you would burst forth like a butterfly.

76. How am I to protect my wax-built castles of love

77. from the devouring heat of your fires?

78. You are fire.

79. You are dressed in...

80. You are fire.

81. You are dressed in...

82. fire.

83. You are fire. You are dressed in fire.

84. You are fire. You are dressed in fire.

85. You are fire. You are dressed in black.

86. You are dressed in black.

87. Which of these two fires can I endure?

88. Go then and find your refuge of selfless love.

89. I will go and search the monasteries one by one.

90. What is the name? What is the name?

91. Arutin.

92. Lord, have mercy.

93. Remember us, Lord, and have mercy on us.

94. Jesus Christ, Son of God, bountiful and merciful is your love,

95. have mercy on the soul of your servant,

96. the departed Arutin, who has joined you in Heaven.

97. Remember him on the day of your coming,

98. and forgive him all his sins...

99. Jamal, go faster!

100. He placed the hand of Eve into that of Adam, and Adam said:

101. "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;

102. she shall be called Woman, for she was taken out of Man.

103. That is why a man leaves his father and mother

104. and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

105. Godfather, what is your ward's name?

106. Arutin.

107. Little Arutin has come to ask to be baptised.

108. We baptise him in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

109. By the grace of the blood of Christ,

110. welcome him into your Father's heavenly kingdom,

111. so that he will be the heir to Christ

112. and the temple of the Jiving God.

113. Arutin!

114. Brothers of mine in soul and blood,

115. Heaven has sent upon us to this world, grief, grief, grief...

116. Brothers of mine in soul and blood, grief, inconsolable grief

117. has been sent to us from Heaven today.

118. During this night of the revelation of Saint Sarkis,

119. our Holy Father Lazarus has died at Etchmiadzin.

120. Catholicos of all Armenians,

121. most high amongst men and prelates.

122. Brothers of mine in soul and blood, grief, grief, grief...

123. has been sent to us from Heaven...

124. As a crowd of naïve victims we come from this world

125. to you as an offering...

126. Brothers of mine in soul and blood,

127. grief has been sent to us from Heaven, grief, grief, grief...

128. Brothers of mine in soul and blood, grief, inconsolable grief

129. has been sent to us from Heaven today.

130. During this night of the revelation of Saint Sarkis,

131. our Holy Father Lazarus has died at Etchmiadzin.

132. Catholicos of all Armenians,

133. most high amongst men and prelates.

134. I asked for a shroud to wrap the dead body,

135. instead they showed the frenzied convulsions of their living bodies.

136. Where can I find selfless love?

137. to God, our Saviour

138. Like an everlasting flower unsoiled

139. Innocent bud

140. Sprung from the roots of Isaiah

141. We magnify you

142. You, whose life and body

143. Are spotless...

144. and the power and the glory, forever and ever...

145. Blessed be our Lord Jesus Christ.

146. Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

147. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

148. on earth as it is in Heaven.

149. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,

150. as we forgive those who trespass against us.

151. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

152. Have mercy, Lord.

153. Jesus, hope of all life, accept our prayers,

154. cleanse us from our sins and grant our petitions,

155. accept once again our evening prayers.

156. Heed us, Lord. Have mercy upon us.

157. In the sunny valley of distant years

158. live my longings, my loves and my childhood.

159. You are fire, you are dressed in black...

160. You are fire, you are dressed in black...

161. You are fire, you are dressed in black...

162. I would die

163. I would die for your admirable mind

164. Loving little quail Wounded little quail

165. a thousand soldiers

166. You hit, you were hit, you fell with courage

167. Persians to the right and to the left

168. My homeland...

169. Wounded little quail, quail...

170. Little black quail

171. My dear little quail

172. You walk up and down...

173. Scarlet drips the blood

174. The flowers in the field are stained red

175. The moon appears from behind the cloud

176. I saw everything, clear and strangely blunt,

177. and I understood that life had abandoned me.

178. We have slain the sacrificial lamb, boiled the meat,

179. and distributed it onto seven plates.

180. Come, come!

181. My husband and I went to Tiflis.

182. In the square there were baths and we went there together.

183. We had a nice bath.

184. What are you saying?

185. Now everybody knows we went to the baths!

186. Give these chickens to the virgins.

187. Then we wanted to have some skewers,

188. but somebody told us about a troubadour.

189. So we went see.

190. He was a charlatan.

191. As long as I live

192. My life is all yours, my love

193. My life is all yours, my love

194. Go amongst the people.

195. Go, and may we always hear of your triumphs,

196. your kind deeds and your well-being.

197. You are the salt of the earth,

198. and may the God of speech be always with you.

199. Go amongst the people.

200. Go, go.

201. I hear calls of homecoming and hope, but I am weary.

202. Who has spread all this sorrow upon this old and weary earth?

203. The world is a window

204. And I am tired of these arches

205. He who looks through them gets burnt

206. And I am tired of these burns

207. Yesterday was better than today

208. And I am weary of tomorrows

209. Man cannot always be the same

210. And I am tired of any play

211. Yesterday was better than today

212. And I am weary of tomorrows

213. Man cannot always be the same

214. And I am tired of any play

215. Sayat Nova said:

216. My suffering

217. has gone beyond measure.

218. The world is a window.

219. The world is a window.

220. The world...

221. The bread you gave was beautiful, but the soil is more than beautiful.

222. Let me go and turn to earth. I am weary, I am weary.

223. Sing!

224. In this world...

225. Sing!

226. In this world...

227. Die!