Twelve Companions

1961, Hayfilm Studio, (based on the story of the same title by Nikolay Shundik), 85 min. (2326 m, b/w.
First teatrical screening: 31.07.1962 (Yerevan), 25.03.1963 (Moscow)
Scr. M. Shatiryan, M. Ovchinnikov, Dir. E. Karamyan, Dir. of Phot. D. Feldman, Art Dir. P. Beytner, Compos. E. Mirzoyan, Sound N. Jalalyan, First Asst. Dir. A. Samvelyan, Visual Effects: Cam. A. Pastukhov, Des. V. Korolyov, Make-up Kh. Zahalyan, Edit. G. Miloserdova, Prod.Manag. A. Melik-Sargsyan.
Cast: Bagratuni – G. Tonunts, Khachatur – G. Janibekyan, Minasyan – D. Malyan, Shahverdyan – T. Oganezova, Lena – V. Khmara, Zaruhi – M. Tbileli, Stewardess – M. Korabelnikova, Zhora – V. Tatosov, Romashkin – G. Yukhtin, Berberyan – V. Chekmaryov,Igor – N. Yavorsky, Geologist – Ye. Charyan.

The film is about the passengers of a plane that crashed in the inaccessible glaciers of the Caucasus, and the story of their salvation.