Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1983)
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Filmed in California, copyrighted in Turkey and enacted in Armenian, Forty Days of Musa Dagh is set in the decades following the Russo-Turkish war of 1878. Persecuted by their conquerors, a group of Armenian nationals form a resistance movement. The conquering Ottomans retaliate by committing some of the most egregious forms of genocide ever perpetrated. The bulk of the storyline takes place in 1915, when Armenian Gabriel Bagradian (Kabir Bedi), an officer in the Turkish military, relinquishes his commission and joins the resistance. The film culminates in the courageous defense against the Turks at Fort Musa Dagh. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kabir Bedi, Ronnie Carol, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sarky Mouradian
Synopsis of Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Filmed in California, copyrighted in Turkey and enacted in Armenian, Forty Days of Musa Dagh is set in the decades following the Russo-Turkish war of 1878. Persecuted by their conquerors, a group of Armenian nationals form a resistance movement. The conquering Ottomans retaliate by committing some of the most egregious forms of genocide ever perpetrated. The bulk of the storyline takes place in 1915, when Armenian Gabriel Bagradian (Kabir Bedi), an officer in the Turkish military, relinquishes his commission and joins the resistance. The film culminates in the courageous defense against the Turks at Fort Musa Dagh. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Forty Days of Musa Dagh
- Kabir Bedi - Gabriel Bagradian
- Guy Stockwell - Simon Tomassian
- David Opatoshu - Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
- Mauel Kichian - Kilikian
- Victoria Woodbeck - Karoon
- Sid Haig
- Gilbert Green
- Robert Wood
- Ronnie Carol - Juliette Bagradian
- Peter Haskell - Maris Durand, Reporter
- Michael Constantine - Taaat Pasha
- Maurice Sherbanee - Civil Governor
- David Mauro
- John Hoyt
- Sidney Lassick
- Director(s):
- Sarky Mouradian
- Writer(s):
- Alex Hakobian
- Producer(s):
- John Kurkjian
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