Saryan

Martiros Saryan

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Saryan by Vartanov

Martiros Saryan (28 February [18 February O.S.] 1880 – 5 May 1972)

The post impressionist master Martiros Saryan’s final appearance in cinema, at age nearing 90, was in Mikhail Vartanov‘s suppressed debut documentary film The Color of the Armenian Land / Цвет армянской земли (1969) with Parajanov and Minas.  

(Also see: Eisenstein by Saryan).

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute