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Memed, My Hawk (film)
''Memed My Hawk'' is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by Peter Ustinov (the final film he directed) and starring Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick. It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel ''Memed, My Hawk'' by Yaşar Kemal, cinematographer Freddie Francis. Music Manos Hadjidakis, producer Fuad Kavur. Plot In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. Partial 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 Background ''Memed, My Hawk'' is the first novel written by the Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal. As soon as it was publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
