Journey to Ararat (2011)

Directed by

Riho Västrik

Genre

documentary film

Country

Estonia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Estonian filmmaker Riho Västrik and scholar Erki Tammiksaar as they travel to Armenia and Turkey. They trace the route that Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian took when they climbed Mount Ararat in 1829.

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What happens

Journey to Ararat (Estonian: Teekond Araratile) is a 2011 Estonian documentary film directed, written, and produced by Riho Västrik. In the film, Västrik travels to Armenia and Turkey with Estonian scholar Erki Tammiksaar to retrace the footsteps of Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian on their historic ascent of Mount Ararat in 1829. The film derives its name from Parrot's account of his expedition, Journey to Ararat (German: Reise zum Ararat). It was screened at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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