Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
MovieTitle | La vengeance des Arméniens, Le procès Tehlirian |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Apr 28, 2015 |
Genre | Documentary, History |
Director | Bernard George |
Production country | France |
Run time | 52 min. |
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.