Mger (Frunze) Mkrtchyan Movies
Sent to the mountain region of Caucasus to study the local folklore, Shurik (Alexander Demyanenko) falls for beautiful student Nina (Natalya Varley). Then some crooks persuade him that she is already engaged to another man and, according to the ancient tradition, she should be kidnapped by the groom. Only later does Shurik realize that he has inadvertently become part of a plot to force Nina to wed a corrupt local bureaucrat (Vladimir Etush). He and his friend then devise an ingenious plan to rescue the girl. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Alexander Demyanenko, Natalya Varley, (more)
- 1978
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A much beloved comedy, Mimino tells the story of a Soviet Georgian helicopter pilot who is called Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze), which means "falcon" in that language. He is ambitious to become an international airline pilot and goes to Moscow and, with the help of an old friend, tries to get a job as an international pilot. In his Moscow hotel, he meets Suren, an Armenian, and despite the supposed historical antipathy of Georgians and Armenians, they become friends. They have both pretended to be participants in a seminar on endocrinology in order to get rooms at the hotel where the seminar is being held. He has a lot of wild adventures with Suren, and on his own. Much of the comedy pits ordinary people such as Mimino, who is from the countryside, against the haughty sophisticates of Moscow. Popular Georgian singer Vakhtang Kikabidze, who performs the title role, sang a song within the film which became a Soviet hit. This film won the Grand Prize from the 1978 Moscow International Film Festival, the State Prize of the USSR, and also a prize from the All-Union Film Festival. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mger (Frunze) Mkrtchyan, (more)
- 1981
In this sympathetic treatment of an ethical young Armenian who stands up against the prejudices of the 1930s in his small village, director Genrikh Malyan and scriptwriter Stephan Aladzhadzhyan weave a basic plot that starts with the young man's adoption by humble parents. He inherits his adopted father's saddle-making business at the father's death, and tries to set his hands to working in this profession that he had never wanted from the beginning. An idealist to the core, he falls in love with a prostitute who has arrived in the town accompanied by a madam and one other lady of the evening - and he defies convention by following his heart and marrying the prostitute. His decision has its own effects on the town and his mother, especially after she had tried so hard to find him a respectable wife, and puts his personal choice in vivid contrast to the weight of social pressure from the community. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mger (Frunze) Mkrtchyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, (more)
- 1985
While the tango may have occupied the dancing feet of postwar society according to some scenes in this melancholy comedy, others in the society, like irrepressible Armenian husband Ruben (Mger Mkrchyan), were occupied with somehow restructuring their own lives. When Ruben comes home to his wife and children after the war, it is only to say good-bye; he has decided to move in with a nurse he met during the course of military service. The nurse, it turns out, is also a friend of his wife's. Though the wife's adjustment to her loss and the man's own emotional state are not fodder for laughter, when certain items of household use are shunted back and forth between the man's former home and his new one, comedy takes over for awhile, as it does in other segments of the film as well. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Galya Novents, Mger (Frunze) Mkrtchyan, (more)
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