Underplayed Gems

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982)

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh poster
Original title
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Directed by
Sarky Mouradian
Genre
drama, history, war
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 23m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film is based on the true story of Armenian villagers who resisted forced deportation during the Ottoman Empire. It focuses on a community's struggle to survive and defend itself against overwhelming odds.

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What happens

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is a 1982 American film produced by John Kurkjian, written by Alex Hakobian, and directed by Sarky Mouradian. It is an adaptation of the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, about the resistance to the Armenian genocide at Musa Dagh, at the time in Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire and now in Hatay Province, Turkey. Edward Minasian wrote in "The Forty Years of Musa Dagh" that the movie is "a modest memorial to the heroes of Musa Dagh and to the innocent victims of man’s inhumanity to man." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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