Why Does The River Roar?
1959, Armenian. Directed by Grigori Melik-Avakyan.
Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Armenian
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Cast & crew
- Grigori Melik-AvakyanDirector
- Hrachia NersisyanAtanes Ghambaryan
- Avet AvetisyanBurnazyan, kolkhoz director
- Frunze DovlatyanArmen Manukyan
- Mher MkrtchyanKhachik
- Davit MalyanDarbinyan
- Lilik HovhannisyanSeda Ghambaryan
- Nikolai KazakovSamokhin
- Levon TukhikyanSuren
- Verjaluys MirijanyanPaytzar
- A. ArazyanAshkhen
- Lev LobovSokolov
- S. ZhurabayevBigildayev
Details
- Released
- 5 October 1959
- Original title
- Ինչու է աղմկում գետը
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Mikhail Ovchinnikov
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Why Does The River Roar? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 October 1959. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Why Does The River Roar??
Why Does The River Roar? (1959) was directed by Grigori Melik-Avakyan and stars Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan, Frunze Dovlatyan.