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{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Khaspush
| image          = Khaspush_1928_film_poster.jpg
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| native_name      =
| director       = [[Hamo Beknazarian]]
| producer       =
| writer         = [[Hamo Beknazarian]]<br>[[G. Braginsky]]<br>[[A. Ter-Hovnanyan]]
| screenplay     =
| story          = [[Raffi (novelist)|Raffi]] (story)<br>[[Vrtanes Papazian]] (story)
| based_on       =
| starring       = [[Hrachia Nersisyan]]<br>[[M. Dulgaryan]]<br>[[Avet Avetisyan]]
| narrator       =
| music          =
| cinematography = [[Nikolai Anoshchenko]]
| editing        =
| studio         = [[Armenfilm|Armenkino]]
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| released       = {{film date|df=yes|1928|1|3|Soviet Union}}
| runtime        = 72 min
| country        = Soviet Union
| language       = Silent
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'''Khaspush''' ({{langx|hy|Խասփուշ}}, {{langx|ru|Хас-пуш}}) is a 1928 [[Soviet Armenia]]n [[Drama film|drama]] and [[war film]], directed by [[Hamo Beknazarian]] and starring [[Hrachia Nersisyan]], [[M. Dulgaryan]] and [[Avet Avetisyan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arm-cinema.am/en/features_and_shorts/125.html |title=Khaspush- Armenian Cinema |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote= |archive-date=28 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628154036/http://www.arm-cinema.am/en/features_and_shorts/125.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Synopsis==
The film is about the [[Iran|Persian]] revolutionary movement of the peasants and townspeople against the [[Tobacco Protest|dominance of the English tobacco monopoly]]. Persia in 1891 is an arena of fierce clashes between foreign monopolies. In the fight between the English and the Russian capital, the victory belongs to the English monopoly. The country remains without bread. Impoverished peasants and artisans - the khaspush - raise a revolt against the foreign colonizers. Initially the uprising is led by the merchants and the clergy. The poverty-stricken citizens smash the British Embassy. At a critical moment the merchants and the clergy are remove themselves from the fight, betraying the masses. Khaspush union, acting under the protection of the [[Sharia]] flag removes their religious facade. The urban poor are beginning to realize their true class interests. Although the rebellion is suppressed, the idea of the necessity of social struggle remains in the minds of the oppressed people.
== Cast ==
*[[Hrachia Nersisyan]] as Rza
*[[M. Dulgaryan]] as Fatima
*[[Avet Avetisyan]] as Head of police
*[[T. Ayvazyan]] as Hasan
*[[Hambartsum Khachanyan]] as Prime Minister
*[[M. Janan]] as Seyid
*[[M. Garagash]] as Merchant
*[[T. Shamirkhanyan]] as Peasant
*[[Vagharsh Vagharshyan]] as Shah
*[[Amasi Martirosyan]] as Mulla
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0359548|title=Khaspush}}
[[Category:Films directed by Hamo Beknazarian]]
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[[Category:Films set in Armenia]]
[[Category:Soviet silent feature films]]
[[Category:Soviet war drama films]]
[[Category:1920s war drama films]]
[[Category:Soviet black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Soviet-era Armenian films]]
[[Category:Armenfilm films]]
[[Category:1928 drama films]]
[[Category:1928 films]]
[[Category:Silent war drama films]]
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