The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

Directed by

Joseph Ruben

Genre

drama film

Country

Turkey, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

14

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 283 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A foreign woman travels to the Ottoman Empire during World War I and falls in love with a Turkish lieutenant. She becomes entangled in conflicts between duty, love, and the realities of war.

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What happens

The Ottoman Lieutenant (Turkish: Osmanlı Subayı) is a Turkish-American romantic war drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Jeff Stockwell. The film stars Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley. The film was released widely on March 10, 2017. The film was released around the period of the film The Promise, a film depicting the Armenian genocide. The perceived similarities between the films resulted in accusations that The Ottoman Lieutenant existed to deny the Armenian genocide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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