Aghet (2010)

Name: Aghet
Director: Eric Friedler
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2010-04-09
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Sylvester Groth, Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner

Documentary History

Director: Eric Friedler

Cast: Martina Gedeck, Sylvester Groth, Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner

6.9

Runtime90 min

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2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and other contemporary witnesses which are recited by modern German actors.

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Fans of thoughtful historical documentaries will appreciate the powerful way director Eric Friedler's 2010 film Aghet brings the tragic Armenian Genocide to life through the vivid firsthand accounts recited by talented German actors like Martina Gedeck and Burghart Klaußner.

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Aghet – Ein Völkermord is a 2010 German documentary film on the Armenian genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and other contemporary witnesses which are recited by modern German actors. The visual material partly consists of secretly shot photographs of the death marches, Turkish atrocities and suffering of the Armenian deportees.