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Overview
Release Date:
3 December 1982 (West Germany) morePlot:
A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Truly a masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tarik Akan | ... | Seyit Ali |
| Serif Sezer | ... | Ziné |
| Halil Ergün | ... | Mehmet Salih |
| Meral Orhonsay | ... | Emine |
| Necmettin Çobanoglu | ... | Omer |
| Semra Uçar | ... | Gulbahar |
| Hikmet Çelik | ... | Mevlat |
| Sevda Aktolga | ... | Meral |
| Tuncay Akça | ... | Yusuf |
| Hale Akinli | ... | Seyran |
| Turgut Savas | ... | Zafer |
| Engin Çelik | ... | Mirza |
| Hikmet Tasdemir | ... | Sevket |
| Osman Bardakçi | ... | Berber Elim |
| Enver Güney | ... | Cindé |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
114 minCountry:
SwitzerlandColor:
Color (Fujicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
TurkeyMOVIEmeter: 
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Yilmaz Güney was in prison when the film was made. He wrote a detailed screenplay and acted out some scenes in his jail cell and Serif Gören directed the film according to his strict instructions. moreFAQ
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| The politics behind this film | skinidipa |
| The Location | efeoz |
| the best Kurdish...? | yusufsal34 |
| What happened to Yusuf? | rebell22 |
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The artistry of this movie is astonishing in virtually every aspect of its filmmaking. What makes that all the more remarkable is that the footage was all shot by the assistant director in Turkey then taken to Switzerland for Yilmaz Güney (a brilliant writer/director who had to leave Turkey to escape persecution and imprisonment, mostly because of his empathy for the plight of the Kurdish people under Turkish rule) to edit and dub. The cinematography is colorful, rich and varied. The musical sound track is beautiful and well-integrated. The various subplots seem to echo and build on each other. Somehow, while making the grim realities of modern Turkey all too evident, this film also left me with a feeling of the indomitability of those who struggle for freedom.