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Release Date:
May 27, 1993
Original Title:
Mavi Sürgün
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
BR
Kenmovie Filmcilik
Kentel Film
Stefi 2
Production Countries:
Germany | Greece | Turkey
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 108
Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.
Art Direction:
Çagla Ormanlar
Hakan Yarkın
Director:
Erden Kıral
Director of Photography:
Kenan Ormanlar
Editor:
Karin Fischer
Music:
Timur Selçuk
Novel:
Cevat Sakir Kabaagaçli
Producer:
Kenan Ormanlar
Screenplay:
Erden Kıral
Kenan Ormanlar
Elly Scheller-Ormanlar
Sound:
Simon Happ
Steadicam Operator:
Ercan Yılmaz
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