''Pehlivan'' is a 1984 Turkish

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 ...

directed by

Zeki Ökten Zeki Ökten (4 August 1941 – 19 December 2009) was a Turkish film director. Biography He was born on 4 August 1941 in Istanbul. Zeki Ökten was interested in theatre during his education at the Haydarpaşa High School. He entered his filmm ...

. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where

Tarık Akan Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. Early life Akan was born as Tarık Tahsin Üregül in Istanbul on 13 December 1949. ...

won an Honourable Mention.

Cast

as Bilal * Yavuzer Cetinkaya * Tulug Çizgen * Erol Günaydin as Mestan * Ahmet Kayiskesen as Bilal's father *

Yaman Okay Yaman Okay (1951 – 19 February 1993) was a Turkish actor. He won the 1981 Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' On Fertile Lands''. Okay was married since 1984 to actress and screenwriter Meral Okay. He died ...

as Tevfik * Meral Orhonsay

References

External links

* 1984 films Films set in Turkey 1980s Turkish-language films 1984 drama films Films directed by Zeki Ökten Turkish drama films {{Turkey-film-stub