Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Michael Klaukien
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hanno Lentz
Details
- Director
- Original title
- Aghet – Ein Völkermord
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 9, 2010
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Martina GedeckAlma Johansson
Sylvester GrothMartin Niepage
Sandra HüllerTacy Atkinson
Burghart KlaußnerJakob Künzler
Charlotte SchwabKaren Jeppe
Ludwig TrepteHambardzoum Sahakian
Friedrich von ThunHenry Morgenthau
Hannah HerzsprungTagouhi Antonian
Hermann BeyerTheobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Hanns ZischlerLeslie Davis
Thomas HeinzeOscar Heizer
Gottfried JohnFriedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Samuel FinziJohannes Lepsius
Stefan KurtRaphael Lemkin
Peter LohmeyerWilhelm Litten
Joachim KrólGraf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht
Thomas ThiemeWalter Rößler
Katharina SchüttlerBeatrice Rohner
Axel MilbergHarry Stürmer
Ulrich NoethenArmin Wegner
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