Movie

Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

Released: April 28, 2015 (2015)

Runtime: 52 minutes

Genres: Documentary, History

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.