Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

u-emoli This movie is ok, the plot is actually quite good and well filmed and directed. If only the production would have spent a bit more money on decent actors! Did they actually audition for this? They are so bad

Ömer Faruk Karaaslan Especially playings and original English accents of Selçuk Yöntem and Haluk Bilginer were amazing. Plot was remarkable with love and tension. We know the real history and we know that negative voters did not even watch this film. As a Turk, I totally support films like this against provocation ones in Hollywood.

Ankit_Srivastava A colossal bore! Avoid this one for sure. Full of cliches with an extremely boring plot!

ravitchn I am amazed that this movie could deal with the background of the Ottoman Turkish genocide of the Armenians in eastern Anatolia without ever coming to grips with what really happened. The movie deals with the early days of WWI in Anatolia, with a large Armenian population which is clearly headed for death and also a Kurdish population in the service of the Ottoman government which is never mentioned. The real culprits here are the Russians, described as brutal savages and Cosacks (which they were but that is a partial view) and some of the Turks, but not of course the Ottoman lieutenant whose allegiance wavers between his nationalism and his love for an American nurse. Love wins out, as does death and genocide.I am wondering if Armenians in America and elsewhere are complaining about a movie which is somewhat pro-Turkish and not at all sympathetic really to the Armenian cause. This is a complicated subject and both sides, Armenians and Turks, are guilty of much but the victims were largely Armenians and they get most of the sympathy in real life, except for those countries trying to make nice with the Turks. But the movie prefers a romance to historic truth. That can be OK but surely not for everyone.The movie manages neutrality between victims and murderers but the romance helps you to ignore this, if you are not of Armenian heritage.