Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982)

Director:

Sarky Mouradian

Writers:

Franz Werfel (novel), Alex Hakobian (screenplay)

Stars:

Kabir Bedi, Ronnie Carol, Guy Stockwell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kabir Bedi	...	Gabriel Bagradian
Ronnie Carol	...	Juliette Bagradian
Guy Stockwell	...	Simon Tomassian
Peter Haskell	...	Maris Durand
Maurice Sherbanee	...	Civil Governor (as Maurice Sherbanée)
David Opatoshu	...	Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (as David Opatashu)
Michael Constantine	...	Talaat Pasha
David Mauro	...	Enver Bey
John Hoyt	...	General Waggenheim
Gilbert Green	...	Dr. Johannes Lepsius
Manuel Kichian	...	Kilikian
Victor Izay	...	Dr. Altouni
Cano Graham	...	High Priest, Ter Haigasun
Paul King	...	Steven Bagradian
Victoria Woodbeck	...	Karoon

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

mass hanging | place name in title | torture | genocide | hanged boy | 

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Taglines:

The first holocaust of the 20th century

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

I sfagi ton Armenion

Company Credits

Production Co:

High Investments Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

143 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was first scheduled to be filmed by MGM in 1934, but production was cancelled after pressure from the Turkish government through the U.S. State Department, and threats of boycotts against MGM and Jewish businesses. Plans by MGM to produce the film in 1968-69, and later by Sylvester Stallone in 2006, were also cancelled under pressure from Turkish groups.

User Reviews

"After all, who remembers the massacres of the Armenians?" -ADOLF HITLER

When Hitler ordered his death units to "exterminate without mercy or pity men, women, and children belonging to the Polish-speaking race," he was confident that the world would overlook the mass murder. "After all," he asked rhetorically on the eve of the 1939 invasion of Poland, "who remembers the massacres of the Armenians?"

When Jews of Warsaw Ghetto stood against the Nazis, their source of inspiration was Prague-born Jewish writer Franz Werfel's "THE FORTY DAYS OF MUSA DAGH", the 1933 novel whose graphic depiction of the Armenian plight which later shaped a generation in Israel.

A MUST see movie for every Jew and Armenian and for everyone who wants to create a better world without "Man's inhumanity to man" into the 21st century. ARMENIAN GENOCIDE marked the first genocide of the century we left behind. We all can learn something from this movie.