Credo (part 1 of 3)

"Credo" is a presentation of Loris Tjeknavorian's Symphony No. 2 with the legendary silent film "Ravished Armenia". A sensation upon its release in 1919, the Hollywood produced epic, based on the personal account of Aurora Mardiganian, is a harrowing dramatization of the Armenian genocide. A young girl who had survived the horrors of deportation in 1915, Ms. Mardiganian stars as herself in the lead role, adding a profoundly poignant dimension to this masterpiece. Mysteriously, all copies of the film were lost except for a single 15-minute fragment that is presented here in its entirety.

Tjeknavorian's Symphony No. 2, dedicated to the genocide and brilliantly performed by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, is powerfully visualized by "Ravished Armenia", while bringing to life a lost treasure of the silent screen.

Along with additional archival footage courtesy of the Armenian Genocide Museum in Yerevan, "Credo" tells a story of tragedy and survival through an evocative marriage of music and image. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, "Credo" is at turns moving, terrifying, beautiful and inspiring: a unique and unforgettable experience.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Armenian
• genocide
• Ravished
• Armenia
• April
• 24

[mhsthinktank]

Thank you for posting this film.

[Boghosian27]

I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them to the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again.

[alexiaNBC]

0:34- 0:52 WAIT A MINUTE!!! Those are scenes from the movie All Quiet on the Western Front!

[rezax111]

@hayuhiAM I am Sorry, if my comment has upset you! It is just a personal view from someone outsider....

[hayuhiAM]

@rezax111

Are you sick??? How can one build briges? You must have hit your head against something? We will never build bridges, not even after Turks have recognized the ARMENIAN GENOCIDE and have given us our lands back? Ooh and the fact turks keep denying and ignoring the Genocide is a minor detail for you, not worth mentioning it in you dumbass comment? you're pathetic!

[mofty90]

I'd like to see how the scumbag Abe Foxman could deny this.....

[rezax111]

No human kind should be treated this way, but it has happened and we only can take lesson from it and never let it happen again anywhere in the world. Let us look for a better future and build bridges between Turks and Armenians two great peoples

[deireszor]

Thank you for sharing this film

[cojudo4life]

I thought this film was "presumed lost."

[osanna8]

no i kno its a flim wat i wanted to kno if those things actually hapeend during the war

[Dauntless07]

No osanna8, it's a dramatised film called "Ravished Armenia" You should really try reading the "more info" section before you ask questions.