Ararat

Unidentified This article currently has one or more unidentified weapons. If you can help identify any of the weapons labelled "unknown," please do so.

Ararat Theatrical Poster Country 25px Canada Directed by Atom Egoyan Release Date 2002 Studio Toronto Film Studios Distributor Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution Main Cast Character Actor Nathan Arshile Gorky Simon Abkarian Edward Saroyan Charles Aznavour David Christopher Plummer Raffi David Alpay Ani Arsinée Khanjian Ali / Jevdet Bay Elias Koteas Celia Marie-Josée Croze Rouben Eric Bogosian

Ararat Ararat is a 2002 “movie within a movie” directed by Atom Egoyan. In "Ararat", the character director/producer Edward Saroyan (Charles Aznavour) makes a movie to tell the story of the Armenian genocide in and around the town of Van in Eastern Turkey in 1915. As Raffi (David Alpay) is interrogated by a customs officer (Christopher Plummer), upon his return from a visit to Turkey, he recounts how his life was changed during the making of this film and by the life of artist Arshile Gorky (Simon Abkarian), who was a witness to the genocide.

The following firearms can be seen in the film Ararat:

Rifles

Gewehr 1888

Some Armenian fighters and Turkish soldiers carry and use Gewehr 1888 rifles.

Gewehr 1888 in original configuration - 7.9x57mmI Patronen-88

Armenian resistance fighter working bolt onGewehr 1888

Percussion rifle

Some Armenian fighters are equipped with unidentified percussion rifles.

Armenian resistance fighter taking aim with unidentified percussion rifle.

Machine Guns

Maxim MG 08/15

A Maxim MG08/15 is used one of the Armenian resistance fighters. He briefly fires the gun before he getting wounded.

Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Armenian resistance fighter preparing the light machine gun as young Arshile Gorky looks on.

The resistance fighter firing the gun.