On the Old Roman Road

On the Old Roman Road

70 mins | Drama | Jan. 27, 2001

In Holland, a group of Armenian terrorists have swung into action, murdering a Turkish intelligence agent and holding his son for ransom. As the battle of wits between the terrorists and the Dutch police plays itself out, an author from Armenia living in Rotterdam finds himself following the events as he thinks back on his life in his homeland, indulging in fantasies about his past, his future, and his obsessions.

On the Old Roman Road

70 mins | Drama | Jan. 27, 2001

On the Old Roman Road
In Holland, a group of Armenian terrorists have swung into action, murdering a Turkish intelligence agent and holding his son for ransom. As the battle of wits between the terrorists and the Dutch police plays itself out, an author from Armenia living in Rotterdam finds himself following the events as he thinks back on his life in his homeland, indulging in fantasies about his past, his future, and his obsessions.
Producers Films 21, De Productie, Askarian Film, Don Film
Original title On the Old Roman Road
Directors Mikael Vatinyan, Stepan Shahinyan, Don Askarian
Writers Don Askarian

Cast

Don Askarian

as Levon

Peit van Dijk

as Lover & killer

Sylvia Gelton

as Sylvia

Pavel Khachatrian

as Levon as boy

Ohan Askarian

as Successor of Armenian king

Stepan Shahinyan

as Pigeoner & plunderer of the dead Moslems

Anna Basentyan

as Anna

Tim de Zwart

as Turkish secret service agent

Anna Ghazaryan

as Mother of Levon

Karen Khachatryan

as Father of Levon

Vazgen Tatunc

as Ali

Ghazaryan Susanna

as Concubine

Avakian Satenik

as The wife of Manuk

Gevork Movsisyan

as Barber

Haikaz Aroyan

as Mollah

Ted Leyendekker

as Armenian Monarchist

Tanar Gatalpinar

as Kurdish singer

Dikc Molenaar

as Husband of Sylvia