Why Does The River Roar?

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.

• Grigori Melik-AvakyanDirector
• Mikhail OvchinnikovScreenplay

• Hrachia NersisyanAtanes Ghambaryan
• Avet AvetisyanBurnazyan, kolkhoz director
• Frunze DovlatyanArmen Manukyan
• Mher MkrtchyanKhachik
• Davit MalyanDarbinyan
• Lilik HovhannisyanSeda Ghambaryan
• Nikolai KazakovSamokhin
• Levon TukhikyanSuren
• Verjaluys MirijanyanPaytzar
• A. ArazyanAshkhen
• Lev LobovSokolov
• S. ZhurabayevBigildayev