Henrik Malyan
Illustration — Henrik Malyan Theatre (founded in 1980), 18 Vardanants St, Yerevan Henrik Sureni Malyan (also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer. Malyan was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was the actor David Malyan.
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Henrik Malyan
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- Born
- 1925. · Telavi.
- Died
- 1988. · Yerevan.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, theatre director, drama teacher and writer.
- Education
- Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater and Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR and People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Illustration — Henrik Malyan Theatre (founded in 1980), 18 Vardanants St, Yerevan Henrik Sureni Malyan (also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer. Malyan was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was the actor David Malyan.
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1988
Henrik Malyan died at Yerevan.
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Telavi.
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Yerevan.
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Films
As director unless noted. • Guys from the Army Band (1961) • Road to the Stage (1963) • Mr. Jacques and Others (1966, "The Sham Informer" segment) • Triangle (1967) • We and Our Mountains (1970) • Father (1973) • Life Triumphs (Nahapet; 1977, also writer) • A Piece of Sky (1980, also writer) • Gikor (1982, writer) • A Drop of Honey (1984, also writer) • White Dreams (1985, writer) • Yearning (1990, writer)
Legacy
He studied chess at an early age, along with Tigran Petrosian. From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theatres in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 onward he worked with the film studio Armenfilm. His 1977 film Nahapet (Life Triumphs) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian genocide. It was exhibited at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
Malyan is widely regarded as one of the central figures of 20th-century Armenian cinema. His films, particularly We Are Our Mountains (1969) and Nahapet (1977), are frequently cited for their humanist themes, poetic visual style, and exploration of Armenian identity. Scholars often highlight his role in shaping the Soviet-era Armenian cinematic voice, and several of his works remain staples in Armenian film retrospectives and university film programs. In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works, In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR, and his films continue to screen at festivals and cultural events dedicated to Armenian film history. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Armenian cinema, with several of his films recognized as classics of the Soviet era. Malyan’s work continues to be featured in Armenian and international retrospectives, including recent anniversary screenings organized by the National Cinema Center of Armenia.
Awards
• State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1975) • People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1977) • People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
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- 1.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 429-430. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 2.Henrik Malyan. Armenian Association of Film-Critics and Cinema-Journalists.
- 3.Fokus Armenian. Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main.
- 4.All the Films – Festival 1978. Festival de Cannes. October 2010.
- 5.With a preceding short film A few years after We Are Our Mountains, filmmaker Henrik Malyan, considered the lyricist of Armenian cinema, directed one of the lasting depictions of the trauma of genocide. Malyan’s filmic language succeeds in making the film a universal metaphor and reflection for the. sinematranstopia.com.
- 6.Karapoghosyan, Sona. 100 Years of Making Films: The Centenary of Armenian Cinema. Filmmaker Magazine. 2023-10-23.
- 7.WE AND OUR MOUNTAINS. goEast Filmfestival.
- 8.Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio. High Fest International Performing Arts Festival.
- 9.Malyan. Encyclopedic dictionary.
- 10.100 Years of Making Films: The Centenary of Armenian Cinema. Filmmaker Magazine. 2023.
- 11.Educational Center: 'We Are Our Mountains' Screening with French Subtitles. National Cinema Center of Armenia.
- 12.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Армянской ССР О присвоении Арутюнян А. Е., Тер-Восканяну Я. M., Маляну Г. С. почетного звания народного артиста Армянской ССР. Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Armyanskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. 24. 31 December 1977.
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