Film

A Gift from God

2019 · 1h 1m · Documentary

Journalist Jørgen Lorentzen was in Turkey when the coup attempt happened in 2016 and followed the event the whole evening. In the middle of the night one neighbour said: “This is not a real coup, I have experienced many coups and know what a coup is”. From that moment Lorentzen started the investigation of the event and its aftermath. This documentary is a critical analysis of the coup attempt in Turkey throughout the night between the 15th and 16th of July 2016.

Can Atakli

Himself

Henri Barkey

Himself

Fethullah Gülen

Himself

Birgül Koçal

Herself

Jørgen Lorentzen

Narrator

Nevşin Mengü

Herself

Doğu Perinçek

Himself

Ahmet Sik

Himself

Sedat Tekin

Himself

Sevkiye Tekin

Herself

Merdan Yanardag

Himself

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

• Jørgen LorentzenDirector · Writer · Producer
• Nefise Özkal LorentzenDirector
• Morten HaslerudEditor

A Gift From God - trailer - Movies on War 2019 [graphic content]

Release date

March 19, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

Norwegian

Runtime

1h 1m

Genres

Documentary