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Tag Archives: Yilmaz Güney
The Hopeless Ones AKA Umutsuzlar (1971) Yilmaz Güney, Filiz Akin, Refik Kemal Arduman
Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »
Endise AKA Anxiety (1974) Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney, Erkan Yücel, Kamran Usluer, Adem Tolay
This is the story of Cevher and his family, who all work in cotton fields in late seventies in Turkey. Read More »
The Hungry Wolves AKA Aç kurtlar (1969) Yilmaz Güney, Sevgi Can, Hayati Hamzaoglu
Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains. Read More »
Bride of the Earth AKA Seyyit Han (1968) Yilmaz Güney, Nebahat Çehre, Hayati Hamzaoglu
Seyyit Han is a man with many foes. One day he falls in love with Mürsit’s sister, Keje. Read More »
Hope AKA Umut (1970) Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz
“Umut” is the story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
The Poor AKA Zavallilar (1975) Yilmaz Güney, Atif Yilmaz, Yildirim Önal, Güven Sengil
The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. Read More »
Friend AKA Arkadas (1974) Yilmaz Güney, Kerim Afsar, Azra Balkan, Civan Canova
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village Read More »
Elegy AKA Agit (1972) Yilmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Bilal Inci
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. Read More »
Law of the Border (1966) Lütfi Akad, Yilmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Tas
In order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border. Read More »
Canli hedef / Live Target (1970) Yilmaz Güney, Hülya Darcan, Yildirim Gencer, Action, Crime, Drama
An old mafia leader tries to quit his old bloody past after getting out of jail but his rivals don’t let him to realize his plan. Asim Mavzer, acted by Yilmaz Guney has to take the revenge of his daughter. A crime movie in old Yesilcam style which looks like a Western.
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