Movies: Robert Sahakyants

Created in 1983, the animated movie uses the plot of Ovanes Tumanyan's tale "Talking fish"....

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Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales....

A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan, "Barekendan" (Բարեկենդան)....

Two cosmonauts arrive on a barren world and begin a clean-up operation. In the course of their duties, they revive the planet’s civilisation and discover the real reason for its devastation- thermonuclear war. Produced after the peak of tensions in t...

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan....

Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes....

A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions....

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The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest....

He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian animator. He was a director, writer and artist who created animated films. Robert Sahakyants used his...

Animated film from Robert Sahakyants. Political satire on the last years of Soviet Russian rule over Armenia. It makes fun of several well known Soviet leaders. Based on a popular Russian song from the 1930's...

Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form....

A large pink bunny has adventures and many drinks at the tavern in between....

The magical trolls are in for a night full of ghosts and goblins as they enter the "Castle of Doom" on Halloween night....

Animated short about presidential elections of 1991 and its consequences in the Armenian people’s life under the rule of Pan-Armenian National Movement. Based on a song by Armenian poet and songwriter Ruben Hakhverdyan....

Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian...

A king believes the peasants are hoarding all the good food....

An overweight sports fan runs a race to the finish......

A mouse, more interested in singing than survival, gets into various scrapes in the jungle....