Vigen Stepanyan
Acting
Biography
Vigen Borisovich Stepanyan (October 8, 1952, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR - January 19, 2021, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian actor, director, Honored Artist of Armenia (2008).
Born: October 8, 1952
Known For
My Armenian Phantoms
A tender posthumous letter to Tamara’s father, who was a film actor in Soviet Armenia. She already watched him on TV as a child before later establishing herself as a filmmaker. A captivating sleepwalk through the landscapes of Armenian film history.
Garegin Nzhdeh
A film depicting the life and times of an armenian revolutionary and military strategist - Garegin Nzhdeh.
Scotch & Whiskey
A young couple is happy until the husband finds a new girlfriend and tries to leave his wife. But things get messier when a robber breaks into their house.
Happy Family
Artur is an Armenian guy who dreams about a career in filmmaking, but his grandfather wants him to take over the family wine business. When a bad review from an Estonian critic threatens to ruin the family business, Artur has to go to Tallinn to set things straight. There he meets the feisty Ingrid and things take an unexpected turn.
The Soldier and the Elephant
Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.
A Piece of Sky
Nothing is easy for Torik, a shy orphan adopted by his aunt and uncle: he struggles to fit into village life, learn a craft, or find a wife. When Torik does fall in love – with Anjel, a local prostitute – he must face down the disapproval of his narrow-minded community and assert his right to happiness.
White Bone
The Last Sunday
For a favorable attitude from his bosses Armen is ready to give up his material welfare but not his duty, honor or conscience.
The Voice in the Wilderness
Armenia in the Middle Ages ... the desert ... the bell-tower of a half-destroyed church ... Martiros languishes in the desert. His heart strikes out beyond the narrow monastic circle.
While We Live
The action of the film takes place in a children's colony, where a film is being shot. In the colony, director Manvel Simonyan gets to know the minor prisoner Hovhannes Darbinyan, who was sentenced to prison for stabbing her lover while trying to protect his mother. The director takes upon himself the burden of releasing a juvenile prisoner before the deadline.
Filmography
as Self (archive)
as Grandfather
as Pavlo the Artist
as Hovhannes Devechyan
as Karpis
as Employee
as Sanamyan
as Ghukas
as граф Эссекс
as Man in a crow
as Senior lieutenant