The Legend of the Clown

Armenian village at the beginning of the 20th century. Local policeman suspects clown and ropewalker Simon in aiding Bolshevik revolutionaries. Annoyed by constant surveillance of the police, cheery Simon leaves the village for Yerevan. There he's taken to prison by accident, where he still entertains and become friends with many people some Bolsheviks among of them.

Avetik Gevorkyan

Simon

Laura Gevorkyan

Nazan

Khoren Abramyan

False Priest

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Jail Superintendant

Azat Sherents

Serge Potikyan

Policeman

• Levon AsatryanDirector
• Edmond KeosayanDirector · Writer
• Aleksandr MekhakyanWriter
• Georgi AirapetovDirector of Photography
• Tigran MansuryanOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 12, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Armenian

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Comedy