The Dark World (1953 film)

The Dark World
The Dark World
	Film poster
Directed by	Metin Erksan
Written by	Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu
Produced by
Starring	Asik Veysel, , and
Cinematography
Music by
Production; company
Release date	1953
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

The Dark World (Turkish: Karanlık Dünya), also known as Aşık Veysel'ın Hayatı, is a 1953 Turkish biographical drama film directed by Metin Erksan, and written by Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu. It stars Asik Veysel, , and .

Erksan's debut film, it is often described as being "a realistic account of the life of the bard Veysel, shot in his native village". The film was censored because of the showing of the meagre growth of crops in Anatolia.^[1]

References[]

^ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (15 November 2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. Reaktion Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-86189-583-7.

External links[]

The Dark World at IMDb
The Dark World at sinematurk.com

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[Dönmez-Colin2008-1] Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (15 November 2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. Reaktion Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-86189-583-7.

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v t Films directed by Metin Erksan
1950s	The Dark World (1953) The White Hell (1954) Murder in Yolpalas (1955) Ölmüş Bir Kadının Evrakı Metrukesi (1956) Dokuz Dağın Efesi (1958) The Wound of Separation (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1961) (1961) Revenge of the Snakes (1962) (1962) (1962) Bitter Life (1962) Dry Summer (1964) (1964) (1964) Time to Love (1965) (1966) (1968) (1969) (1969)
1970s	(1970) (1970) (1971) (1971) (1971) (1972) (1972) (1973) Şeytan (1974) (1975) (1975) (1975) (1975) The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977) (1977)