Aghet (2010)
April 9, 2010Release Date
Aghet (2010)
April 9, 2010Release Date
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Hermann Beyer
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Sandra Hüller
Tacy Atkinson
Samuel Finzi
Johannes Lepsius
Burghart Klaußner
Jakob Künzler
Martina Gedeck
Alma Johansson
Charlotte Schwab
Karen Jeppe
Sylvester Groth
Martin Niepage
Ludwig Trepte
Hambardzoum Sahakian
Eric Friedler
Director
Friedrich von Thun
Henry Morgenthau
Hannah Herzsprung
Tagouhi Antonian
Michael Venus
Producer
Hanns Zischler
Leslie Davis
Michael Klaukien
Composer
Thomas Heinze
Oscar Heizer
Andreas Lonardoni
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Release DateApril 9, 2010
Original NameAghet – Ein Völkermord
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
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Aghet – Ein Völkermord (English: Aghet – A Genocide; Aghet being Armenian for "catastrophe") 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.
Aghet – Ein Völkermord was awarded the 2010 Deutscher Fernsehpreis and the 2011 Grimme Award, two of the most prestigious awards of German television. According to its director, German journalist Eric Friedler, the documentary was presented to many members of the US Congress and US Senate who have expressed astonishment on how well documented the genocide actually is. An official presentation at Capitol Hill took place in July 2010.Aghet won the 2010 Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award in Los Angeles and received international recognition on the Montreal World Film Festival the same year. It was set to be shown before large audiences at Harvard and Columbia University. The documentary has been praised for introducing "Aghet", the Armenian term for the Turkish massacres, to an international audience.The advocacy group of the Turkish community in Germany has protested against the film.