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Alter Ego
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Alter Ego

Jan 1, 2016
2h 5m
★ 5.0

Overview

A film about the great Komitas, one of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, who wasn't killed, but went crazy and kept silence for 20 years

Genres

Drama
Fantasy

Production Companies

Sharm Holding

Cast

Vardan Mkrtchyan

Edgar

Vardan Mkrtchyan

Ani Ghazaryan

Sona

Ani Ghazaryan

Arto Khachaturian

Komitas

Arto Khachaturian

No Image

Komitas

Vache Sharafyan

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Areg

Areg Gevorgyan

Grafser

Komitas

Grafser

Vigen Chaldranyan

Vigen Chaldranyan

Sergey Sargsyan

Sergey Sargsyan

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