{"id":457,"date":"2011-11-24T00:30:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T20:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barevarmenia.com\/travelblog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2012-04-06T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T12:59:40","slug":"man-of-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barevarmenia.com\/travelblog\/man-of-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Man of Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cTo me Mher was a \u201cGod\u201d in all matters; as a talented actor, as a brother, as a father. He was a man who was born a child and died a child. To him the most powerful thing in the space was love, love to work and create. He was a man who would never offend others and died with homesickness to see his mother land.\u201d<\/p>\n

So was Albert Mkrtchyan\u2019s answer when he was asked to speak about the greatest Armenian actor and his brother Mher Mkrthyan during one of the interviews. \u201cOur Frunzik\u201d \u2013 this was the nickname of the actor which had a great popularity among the people.\u00a0\u201cMher Mkrtchyan was born for the stage, as he had all the abilities and talent for an actor\u201d \u2013 Vardan\u00a0Achemyan. Mher Mkrtchyan was, for sure, one of the extraordinary actors, whose films are of higher\u00a0interest by both the adults and the children. He was a talent whose art has been acknowledged not\u00a0only in Armenia but in the whole soviet countries.
\nMher Mkrtchyan was born in 1930 in Leninakan, currently Gyumri<\/a><\/strong>, Armenia. He studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, and then finished at the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre. His cinema career began in 1955. His famous roles in “Aybolit-66”, “Kidnapping, Caucasian Style”, “Mimino” earned him the reputation of one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union. But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his real talent and emotional depth which he put into his roles in such\u00a0classics of Armenian cinema as “Yerankyuni”, “Menq enq, mer sarere”, “Hayrik”, “Nahapet”, “Hin oreri yerge”, “Mer mankutyan tangon”.
\nEven though Mher Mkrtchyan was known as a comedic actor, his personal life was filled with tragedy. Mher Mkrtchyan died in 1993, this year we\u2019re going to celebrate the 80th anniversary of his birthday. A number of events are going to be held around the whole year. Moreover, \u201cGolden Apricot\u201d 7th International Film Festival will also touch upon the event, being held on 11-18 July.<\/p>\n

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