1915 (film)

For the Australian television miniseries of the same name, see 1915 (miniseries).
1915
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Garin Hovannisian
  • Alec Mouhibian
Produced by
  • Garin Hovannisian
  • Alec Mouhibian
  • Terry Leonard
Starring
CinematographyLeigh Lisbão Underwood
Edited by
  • Paul Forte
  • Dan Dobi
Music bySerj Tankian
Production
companies
  • Bloodvine Media
  • Strongman
Distributed byBloodvine Media
Release date
  • April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$111,682[1]

1915 is a 2015 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian. The film stars Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Nikolai Kinski, Debra Christofferson, Jim Piddock, and Samuel Page. It follows a mysterious director staging a play to bring the ghosts of a forgotten tragedy back to life on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.[2][3]

The film was released in theaters on April 17, 2015, and through video on demand on April 22, 2015.[4][5]

  1. ^ "1915 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Kieser, Hans-Lukas; Schaller, Dominik J. (2002), Der Völkermord an den Armeniern und die Shoah [The Armenian genocide and the Shoah] (in German), Chronos, p. 114, ISBN 3-0340-0561-X
  3. ^ Bryce, Viscount James; Toynbee, Arnold (2000), Sarafian, Ara (ed.), The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915–1916: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey of Falloden (uncensored ed.), Princeton, NJ: Gomidas Institute, pp. 635–49, ISBN 0-9535191-5-5
  4. ^ "'1915' Movie Trailer Released, Opening Dates Announced". Armenian Weekly. March 18, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  5. ^ "Worldwide Release April 17: Film "1915" To Shed Light on Forgotten Armenian Genocide". Hetq Online. March 19, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2021.