''Hello, It's Me!'' ( hy, Բարև, ես եմ;

translit. Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

Barev, yes em) is a 1966 Armenian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Frunze Dovlatyan Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan ( hy, Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 in Gavar – August 30, 1997 in Yerevan) was an Armenian film director and actor. People's Artist of USSR (1983). Biography Frunze Dovlatyan wa ...

. It was entered into the

1966 Cannes Film Festival The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 May 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the '' Signore & Signori'' by Pietro Germi, in tie with ' ...

, nominated to

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

and awarded by the ''State Prize of Armenia'' in 1967. The film is based on

Artem Alikhanian Artyom Isaakovich Alikhanian ( hy, Արտեմ Ալիխանյան, russian: Артём Исаакович Алиханьян, 24 June 1908 – 25 February 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian physicist, one of the founders and first director of the Yer ...

's biography.Alikhanian. ''Sketches, memoirs, documents'', ed. M. Daion, Moscow, 2000

Plot

Artyom Manvelyan is a famous physicist and founder of a cosmology laboratory in

Aragats Mount Aragats ( hy, Արագած, ) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia. It is also one of the highest points in the Armenian Hi ...

. With loyalty and gentleness, he keeps the memories of the World War period, lost love and his friends.

Cast

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...

as Artyom Manvelyan *

Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (russian: Ролан Антонович Быков; October 12, 1929 – October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Early life R ...

as Oleg Ponomaryov *

Natalya Fateyeva Natalya Nikolayevna Fateyeva (russian: Наталья Николаевна Фатеева; born 23 December 1934) is a Soviet and Russian film actress and television presenter. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1956. People's Artist ...

as Lyusya *

Margarita Terekhova Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title Peo ...

as Tanya * Luchana Babichkova as Irina Pavlovna *

as Zaryan *

Galya Novents Galya Novents ( hy, Գալյա Նովենց; 1 July 1937 – 22 July 2012) was a Soviet and Armenian stage and film actress, one of the most prominent Armenian actresses of the 20th century. Biography Galya Novents was born on 1 July 1937 in Yer ...

as Nazi * Georgi Tusuzov as Aharon Izrailevich * Aleksei Bakhar as Stepfather *

Natalya Vorobyova Nataliya Vorobyova (born 15 November 1972) is a Kazakhstani sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and ...

as Tanya in childhood (as Natasha Vorobyova) *

Martyn Vartazaryan Martyn may refer to: * Martyn (surname), one of the Tribes of Galway and others * Martyn (given name) See also * Martin (disambiguation) * Marten (disambiguation) *Martin of Tours Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 ...

(as Martin Vardazaryan)

References

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* 1966 drama films 1966 films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Frunze Dovlatyan Films set in Armenia Soviet drama films Soviet-era Armenian films Armenfilm films Armenian drama films Armenian black-and-white films Armenian-language films {{1960s-drama-film-stub