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Alter Ego

Alter Ego

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A film about the great Komitas, one of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, who wasn't killed, but went crazy and kept silence for 20 years

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Armenian

Runtime

125 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 January 2016

Country

Armenia

Cast

Vardan Mkrtchyan

Vardan Mkrtchyan

Edgar

Ani Ghazaryan

Ani Ghazaryan

Sona

Arto Khachaturian

Arto Khachaturian

Komitas

Vache Sharafyan

Vache Sharafyan

Komitas

Grafser

Grafser

Komitas

Areg Gevorgyan

Areg Gevorgyan

Areg

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