Personal Info
Birth date
1895-11-24 (129 Years)
Day of death
1961-11-06
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
İzmit, Turkey
Also known as
Грачья Нерсисян
Հրաչյա Ներսիսյան
Hrachia Nersisyan
Biography
Hrachia Nersisyan (Armenian: Հրաչյա Ներսիսյան, 24 November 1895 – 6 November 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian film actor.[1] He was honoured with title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1956.
Filmography
Tjvjik
2
Overview:
Rich Nikoghos-agha buys some beef liver for Nerses-akhpar's family. Although months have passed, Nikoghos-agha does not hesitate to remind his "charity" to Nerses-akhpar every time they met.For Honor
1
Overview:
The millionaire’s daughter can't stand the disgrace, when learns that his father made his fortune by stealing from his former companion.Zangezur
NYR
Overview:
The film is about the civil war in the Zangezur (Syunik) province of Armenia in the early 1920s. The last Dashnak battalions headed by Sparapet Nzhdeh still opposed both the incursion of Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans.Looking for the Addressee
NYR
Overview:
Products of poor quality released by a sewing factory get to a department store and are sold because the chief engineer of the factory and the head of the respective section of the department store are close friends. Love for a woman makes the head of the department store realize his mistake.Zare
5
Overview:
Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.Anahit
NYR
Overview:
The prince falls in love with an ordinary girl and marries her. Later, when enemies capture the prince, it's his young wife who gets him out of trouble.Before the Dawn
NYR
Overview:
Based on the short stories of A. Bakunts "Girl Honar", "Letter to the Russian Tsar", "Orange", "White Horse". About the fate of the young teacher Alexander, who came to the Armenian village and sided with the Bolsheviks in their struggle against class enemies.Khaspush
1
Overview:
The movie is about the suppressed revolt of "khaspushes", Persian peasants and craftsmen in 1891.Pepo
4.4
Overview:
A poor but honest fisherman Pepo opposes a cunning trader Zimzimov, who tries to rob him by trickery refusing to pay a lost bill. Pepo choses prison to paying-off his honour.Honor
4
Overview:
Namus (Armenian: Նամուս, meaning "honor") is a 1925 silent film by Hamo Beknazarian, based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, which denounces the despotic rites and customs of Caucasian families. It is widely recognized as the first Armenian feature film.David Bek
3.5
Overview:
The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.Why Does The River Roar?
6.5
Overview:
Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.The House on the Volcano
5.5
Overview:
An aging drilling foreman recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in pre-revolutionary Baku.The Song of First Love
3.7
Overview:
Very popular Soviet Armenian musical about a talented singer, spoiled by his success.Sevan's Fishermen
NYR
Overview:
The plot is based on the struggle of red partisan-fishermen for the establishment of Soviet order in Armenia.A Child of Sun
NYR
Overview:
The film tells us about the development of the cotton industry in Armenia.Krder-Ezidner
8
Overview:
The film is about the establishment of a kolkhoz (collective farm) in a Kurdish village in Soviet Armenia.Light and Shadows
NYR
Overview:
About dekulakization, people's losses as a result of it and their feelings.Kikos
NYR
Overview:
A naive peasant appears by turns during the Civil War in two hostile camps and finally chooses the Red Army.Mexican Diplomats
NYR
Overview:
By order of the Prime Minister, two hairdressers will serve as foreign diplomats for a while. Incredible adventures and fun are guaranteed.Gikor
NYR
Overview:
Village man Hambo, trying to set up his son Gikor, gives him in service of well-to-do merchant Bazaz Artem. Gikor couldn't find neither cordiality, nor kindness in merchant's house and misses his home. Some envy small bailiff but nobody see his sufferings.The Daughter
NYR
Overview:
One of the few Armenian fictions of the 1940s, this parable about the aftermath of World War II reveals the director's deeply humanistic vision, who finds the epic and the universal in minor and private subjects.Acting
1962Tjvjik as Nerses-akhpar
1961Before the Dawn as old man Artin
1960North Rainbow as Unknown
1959Why Does The River Roar? as Atanes Ghambaryan
1958The Song of First Love as Varunts
1957The Heart Sings as Unknown
1956For Honor as Unknown
1956Path of Thunder as Sam
1955Looking for the Addressee as Gasparyan
1955Ghosts Leave the Peaks as Unknown
1947Anahit as Nureddin
1944David Bek as David Bek
1942The Daughter as Unknown
1941Blood For Blood as Unknown
1939Sevan's Fishermen as Old Hanes
1938Zangezur as Hakopyan
1935Pepo as Pepo
1934Gikor as Hambo
1933Krder-Ezidner as Jalal
1933A Child of Sun as Unknown
1933Light and Shadows as Kulak
1932Two Nights as Unknown
1932Mexican Diplomats as Unknown
1931The Thief as Unknown
1931Kikos as Aram
1929The House on the Volcano as Petros
1928Khaspush as Rza
1926Zare as Saydo
1926Honor as Rustam