Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
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Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

8.0/ 10
April 28, 2015
52m

Overview

On 15 March 1921, Talat Pasha, a high-ranking Turkish dignitary, was shot dead in a Berlin street by a young Armenian. A few months later, Soghomon Tehlirian, his assassin, appeared before a German court. He faced the death penalty. Yet, during the trial, the victim gradually changed into the guilty party, and the accused was finally acquitted.

Director: Bernard George

Cast

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Narrator

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