Memed, My Hawk (film)
Memed My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav
Manos Hadjidakis. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel Memed, My Hawk, the debut novel of Yaşar Kemal, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Memed My Hawk was produced in Yugoslavia following the Turkish government's refusal of permission to film.[2]
Plot
In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, and his childhood sweetheart are in love. However, a feudal landlord wants the girl for his own son. Consequently, the young lovers elope, and Memed becomes a brigand, now waging war against feudal landlords.
Cast
- Peter Ustinov – Abdi Aga
- Herbert Lom – Ali Safa Bey
- Denis Quilley – Recep
- Michael Elphick – Cabbar
- Simon Dutton – Memed
- Leonie Mellinger – Hatche
- Siobhán McKenna – Iroz
- Marne Maitland – Süleyman
- Michael Gough – Kerimoglu
- T. P. McKenna – Dursan
- Jeffry Wickham – Captain Faruk
References
- ^ "Memed My Hawk (1984) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
External links
- Memed My Hawk at IMDb
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