Zangezur

Zangezur is a 1938 Soviet Armenian war-drama film directed by Hamo Beknazarian together with Yakov Dukor, from a screenplay Beknazarian co-wrote with Axel Bakunts. Produced by Armenfilm, the 89-minute film premiered on May 23, 1938, as a propaganda work released on the eve of World War II.

It depicts the 1921 anti-Bolshevik uprising in the Zangezur region (present-day Syunik), in which Dashnak forces clashed with the Red Army and Armenian Bolshevik partisans. The cast includes Hıraçya Nersesyan and Çolak Amerikyan.