"Law of Life"

Logline: Irony rules in Nazi Berlin, 1939, when the principal architect of the Armenian genocide during World War I, a maniacal Turk named Talaat Pasha, is stalked and murdered 20 years later by one of his vengeance-driven victims who survived, and a Nazi jury acquits him after a stunning trial. Based on the amazing true story of Armen Tehlirian.

Fact-based "LAW OF LIFE" tells the story of the Armenian genocide survivor who guns down former Turkish leader and mass murderer, Talaat Pasha, in Berlin in 1939, where Talaat had been in hiding since the end of World War I after perpetrating mass murder on a scale never before seen. Under his authority, as many a one and half million ethnic Armenians were systematically murdered in Turkey during 1915 and 1916 and for 20 years he escaped judgment. Incredibly, at the height of Nazi power, the Armenian assassin is cleared of murder by a Berlin jury despite a full confession. These events are supported by almost-impossible-to-find court records, and newspaper reports, which I’were recently obtained.

LAW OF LIFE

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by:

René Blanco

Berlin, 1939, it’s a double dose of irony when a genocidal maniac is murdered by a vengeance-driven survivor, and despite a full confession of stalking and murdering Talaat in cold blood, a Berlin jury at the height of Nazi power acquits the survivor of murder after an incredible trial. Based on a true story with all rights secured.

Official court records reveal the whole truth -- Nazi Berlin, 1939 -- a genocidal maniac from World War I is stalked and murdered by one of his victims, and despite a full confession, a Berlin jury acquits the genocide survivor of murder after an incredible trial.