Robert Sahakyants Movies

Created in 1983, the animated movie uses the plot of Ovanes Tumanyan's tale "Talking fish".

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

There was a priest in the village and he had a dog. The priest owned a big shed in which he kept a huge amount of meat. The dog guarded this shed from other dogs, but one day the dog could not resist and ate one of the sausages. The priest noticed this and killed his pet. Then he buried the dog...

The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest.

A large pink bunny has adventures and many drinks at the tavern in between.

Animation from Robert Sahakyants 2000

At one point, two bears realize that they have never seen a whale. They decide to embark on a boat journey to finally witness the magnificent creature and even feed him.

Animated film from Robert Sahakyants. Political satire on the last years of Soviet Russian rule over Armenia. It makes fun of several well known Soviet leaders. Based on a popular Russian song from the 1930's

A mouse, more interested in singing than survival, gets into various scrapes in the jungle.

Panos is one of the unluckiest men in the world. One day, while he was swimming in the lake, some villagers found his clothes on the shore and announced he had drowned.

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.

The magical trolls are in for a night full of ghosts and goblins as they enter the "Castle of Doom" on Halloween night.

Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.

Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.

A king believes the peasants are hoarding all the good food.

Various animals sing Beethoven’s "Ode To Joy" from his Symphony No. 9, in a paean to the Earth’s biodiversity.

A short film based on the story by Hovhannes Tumanyan.