Kikos () is a 1931

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, directed by Patvakan Barkhudaryan and starring Hambartsum Khachanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan and

Avet Avetisyan Avet Markosi Avetisyan (March 29, 1971, born Voskanyan) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Armenians, Armenian film actor. Biography In 1905, Avetisyan was accepted to the Nersisian School, where he participated in school plays. Before leaving for the ...

Plot

Kikos, a naïve and politically uneducated Armenian peasant, finds himself alternately switching sides between opposing factions during the

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. Ultimately, he chooses to join the

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(RKKA), which fights for the rights of the working people.

Cast

* Hambartsum Khachanyan * Hrachia Nersisyan *

* Kh. Abrahamyan * A. Ashimova * M. Garagash * V. Ilyin * Vasili Ilyin * Suren Kocharyan * K. Kogamov *

Amasi Martirosyan Amasi Martirosyan () was an Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor. Biography Filmography As actor *''Namus'' (1925) as Smbat *''Zare'' (1927) as Zurba *'' Khaspush'' (1928) as Mulla *''Zangezur'' (1938) as Dashnak officer *''The Song ...

* A. Papyan

References

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