The Enemy (1979 film)
The Enemy | |
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Directed by | Zeki Ökten Yılmaz Güney |
Written by | Yılmaz Güney |
Produced by | Yılmaz Güney |
Starring | Aytaç Arman |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | Zeki Ökten |
Music by | Arif Sağ |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | Turkey |
Language | Turkish |
The Enemy (Turkish: Düşman) is a 1979 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Aytaç Arman as Ismail an overqualified young Turkish worker who unable to find employment is reduced to poisoning the local stray dogs and begging his father for part of his inheritance. The film was screened in competition for the Golden Bear at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it won an Honourable Mention and the OCIC Award.[1] It was also scheduled to compete in the cancelled 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, for which it received four Belated Golden Oranges, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
Cast[]
- Aytaç Arman as Ismail
- as Naciye
- as Diyarbakirli
- Sevket Altug as Abdullah
- as Feyyat
- as Ismai's father
- Macit Koper as Ismail's brother
- as Sevket
- as Nuri
- Kamil Sönmez as Rifat
- as Ismail's mother
Awards[]
- 30th Berlin International Film Festival
- Honourable Mention
- OCIC Award
- 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
- Belated Golden Orange for Best Director: Zeki Ökten (won, also for The Herd)
- Belated Golden Orange for Best Actress: (won, shared with for The Herd)
- Belated Golden Orange for Best Actor: Aytaç Arman (won, shared with Tarık Akan for The Sacrifice and The Herd)
- Belated Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress: (won)
References[]
- ^ "Berlinale 1980: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1979 films
- Turkish-language films
- 1979 drama films
- Turkish films
- Films set in Turkey
- Films directed by Zeki Ökten
- Films directed by Yılmaz Güney
- Turkish drama films
- Turkish film stubs