''Revenge of the Snakes'' or (

Turkish language Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...

: ''Yılanların öcü'') is a 1962 Turkish realist

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-g ...

directed by

Metin Erksan İsmail Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish film director and art historian. Biography Erksan was born in Çanakkale. Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, he studied art history at Is ...

and based on a novel by Fakir Baykurt. The film covered issues of an

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in a small farming village and addressed numerous moral and social issues. The film was remade in 1985.

Cast

Fikret Hakan Fikret Hakan (born Bumin Gaffar Çitanak; 23 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was a prolific Turkish film actor and a recipient of the honorary State Artist, a title awarded by the Turkish government. Hakan was born as Bumin Gaffar Çitanak in 1934 to ...

as Kara Bayram * Nurhan Nur as Hatçe *

Aliye Rona Aliye Rona (née Dilligil; 14 October 1921 – 27 August 1996) was a Turkish film actress starring in more than 130 movies, mostly of drama and romance genre, from 1947 until her death. She was born in Daraa, French Mandate for Syria and the Le ...

as Irazca *

Erol Taş Erol Taş (28 February 1928 – 8 November 1998) was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in 220 films between 1957 and 1998. He starred in the 1964 film '' Susuz Yaz'', which won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as Haceli * Kadir Savun as Ak Ali *Ali Sen as The headman *Sadiye Arcýman as Fatma *T. Fikret Uçak *Hakki Haktan

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* Films set in Turkey 1962 films 1960s Turkish-language films 1962 drama films Films directed by Metin Erksan Films based on Turkish novels Turkish drama films {{1960s-drama-film-stub