The Legend of the Clown

Armenian village at the beginning of the 20th century. Local policeman suspects clown and ropewalker Simon in aiding Bolshevik revolutionaries. Annoyed by constant surveillance of the police, cheery Simon leaves the village for Yerevan. There he's taken to prison by accident, where he still entertains and become friends with many people some Bolsheviks among of them.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

70 minutes

Year:

1980

Director:

Levon Asatryan

Cast:
Avetik Gevorkyan

Simon

Laura Gevorkyan

Nazan

Khoren Abramyan

False Priest

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Jail Superintendant

Azat Sherents

Crew:
Levon Asatryan

Director

Edmond Keosayan

Director

Edmond Keosayan

Writer

Aleksandr Mekhakyan

Writer