The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is a 1982 American film produced by John Kurkjian,[1] written by Alex Hakobian,[2] and directed by Sarky Mouradian.
Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Münir Ertegün was afraid that the production of the film would seriously damage Turkey-United States relations.
[2] Kurkjian asked Hakobian to incorporate the best elements of various Musa Dagh scripts into this production.
[2] Welky stated that Forty Days of Musa Dagh was "a slapped-together farce that lacked cohesiveness" and that it "never had a chance of meeting the grand expectations MGM once had for [the concept].
"[2] According to a review by Variety, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh was "a dreary little film that does no justice to its weighty subject.