''The Herd'' ( tr, Sürü) is a 1978 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by

Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary wor ...

with

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 ...

during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring

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as a peasant, forced by a local blood feud to sell his sheep in faraway

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. According to his own account, the development of the script of Sürü, began in 1973 in prison in Selimya and finished it while in prison in Izmit. The conditions to write were at times rather difficult, in Izmit he wrote in a room he shared together with eighty other inmates. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , was screened in competition at the

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, where it won Interfilm and OCIC Awards, the

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, where it won

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and Special Mention, was scheduled to compete in the cancelled 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, for which it received 6 Belated Golden Oranges, including Best Film and Best Director, was awarded the BFI Sutherland Trophy and was voted one of the 10 Best Turkish Films by the Ankara Cinema Association.

Awards

* 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival **Belated Golden Orange for Best Film (won) **Belated Golden Orange for Best Director:

(won, also for '' The Enemy'') **Belated Golden Orange for Best Music:

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(won) **Belated Golden Orange for Best Actress:

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(won, shared with Güngör Bayrak for ''The Enemy'') **Belated Golden Orange for Best Actor:

(won, also for '' The Sacrifice'', shared with

Aytaç Arman Aytaç Arman (born Veysel İnce; 22 June 1949 – 26 February 2019) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1971 and 2019. He starred in the 1979 film '' The Enemy'', which won an Honourable Mentio ...

for ''The Enemy'') **Belated Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor:

Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early year ...

(won) *

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(won)

References

External links

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Distributor page for the film 1970s political drama films Turkish political drama films Films set in Turkey Films set in Ankara Films shot in Ankara Films about sheep Golden Orange Award for Best Film winners Golden Leopard winners Films directed by Zeki Ökten Films directed by Yılmaz Güney 1970s Turkish-language films 1978 films {{1970s-drama-film-stub