The Song of First Love (Armenian: Առաջին Սիրո Երգը; Russian: Песня первой любви) is a 1958 Soviet romantic musical film co-directed by Yuri Yerznkyan and Laert Vagharshyan.
[2] A young singer, Arsen Varunts (Khoren Abrahamyan), who knew fame early, cannot cope with its burden.
The songs were recorded in May 1957 in Moscow, with an orchestra conducted by Babajanyan, and sung by Sergey Davidyan.
[7] The Song of First Love became the top box office film in the Soviet Union in 1958, watched by 24.6 million viewers.
[5][2] The positive reception of the film was so great that special showings were organised at the newly constructed Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.