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21% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Joseph Ruben Written by Jeff Stockwell Initial release 10 March 2017 (USA) Screenplay Jeff Stockwell Cinematography Daniel Aranyo | 6.9/10 IMDb 1/4 Roger Ebert Produced by Stephen Joel Brown Music by Geoff Zanelli Director Joseph Ruben Music director Geoff Zanelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Michiel Huisman
Hera Hilmar
Josh Hartnett
Ben Kingsley Edited by Nick Moore and Dennis Virkler Cast Michiel Huisman, Josh Hartnett, Hera Hilmarsdóttir, Ben Kingsley Similar Sleeping with the Enemy, The Dangerous Lives of A, The Forgotten, Joyride, The Sister‑in‑Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The ottoman lieutenant trailer 2016 michiel huisman josh hartnett war drama
The Ottoman Lieutenant is an upcoming Turkish-American World War I drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Jeff Stockwell. The film stars Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley. The film was released for an Oscar-qualifying run in December 2016, and will release widely on March 10, 2017.
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- Plot
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- Critical response
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Plot
The Ottoman Lieutenant is a love story between an idealistic American nurse (Hera Hilmar) and a Turkish officer (Michiel Huisman) during World War I.
Cast
Production
The motion picture commenced principal photography in Prague, Czech Republic in April 2015, and also filmed in Cappadocia and Istanbul, Turkey and completed filming in July 2015. The film's music score was composed by Geoff Zanelli.
Critical response
The Ottoman Lieutenant received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 21%, with an average rating of 3.6/10.
Several critics have noted the fact that the film perpetuates the denial of the Armenian Genocide. In his review for Variety Dennis Harvey writes, "[In] this primarily Turkish-funded production, the historical, political, ethnic and other intricacies — not to mention that perpetual elephant in the room, the Armenian Genocide, which commenced in 1915 — are glossed over in favor of a generalized 'Whattaya gonna do… war is bad' aura that implies conscience without actually saying anything."
In his review of the film for Slant Magazine, Keith Watson writes, "More conspicuous than The Ottoman Lieutenant's rote melodrama is the way the film elides the concurrent genocide of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman forces, a historical reality which the Turkish government continues to deny to this day.", while critic Roger Moore called The Ottoman Lieutenant "a botched love-triangle romance set against a revisionist account of the Turkish Armenian Genocide."
On March 7, 2017, the Armenian Youth Federation Western United States issued a statement, urging the public not to watch the film in theaters or support it in any way. “[We] do feel it is important for our community to be aware of the fact that genocide denial is present and still a major issue, even outside of the Republic of Turkey,” read a part of the statement.