''Iron Earth, Copper Sky'' () is a 1987 German-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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

, written, produced and directed by

Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...

based on the novel of the same name by

Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candid ...

, featuring

Rutkay Aziz Rutkay Aziz (born 16 May 1947) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1987. Selected filmography References External links * 1947 births Living people Turkish male film actors Male actors from Istanbu ...

as a simple villager elevated to sainthood status while still alive. The film, which premiered in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1987 Cannes Film Festival The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987. French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition. French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

on 4 May 1987, won the OCIC Award at the 1987 San Sebastián International Film Festival and a German Camera Award for Jürgen Jürges.

Cast

* Yavuzer Çetinkaya * Gürel Yontan *

Uğur Esen Uğur is a common masculine Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. In both Turkish and Azerbaijani, the word "uğur" means "luck". Given name * Uğur Albayrak (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Uğur Boral (born 1982), Turkish footballer * Uğur � ...

* Macide Tanır *

Serap Aksoy Fatma Serap Aksoy (born in 1955) is a Turkish–American medical entomologist. Early life and education Aksoy was born in Fatih, Istanbul in 1955. After graduating from Robert College, she moved to the United States for her Bachelor of Science ...

Tuncay Akça Tuncay (; ''toonj-eye'') is a Turkish given name for males and a surname. People named Tuncay include: Given name * Tuncay Güney (born 1972), Turkish spy * Tuncay Karakaya (born 1989), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Tuncay Mataracı (193 ...

* Yasemin Alkaya * Rana Cabbar *

Melih Çardak Melih is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born 1968), Turkish-American entrepreneur * Melih Mahmutoğlu (born 1990), Turkish basketball player *Melih Cevdet Anday (1915–2002), Turkish poet and writer * M ...

* Ingeborg Carsters *

Dilek Damlacık Dilek is a Turkish word meaning ''wish'', ''request'' or ''desire''. It is used as a feminine given name as well as a noun and may refer to: Given name * Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963), Turkish politician * Dilek Gürsoy (born 1976), German hea ...

Eray Özbal Eray is a masculine Turkish given name. Etymology Eray is a combination of two Turkish words er and ay. ''Er'' is derived from the Proto-Turkic *ēr, meaning "man", but also "soldier" and "brave", while ''Ay'' comes from the Proto-Turkic ...

* Peter Schulze * Yudum Yontan

References

External links

* 1987 films Films set in Turkey 1980s Turkish-language films 1987 drama films Films directed by Zülfü Livaneli Turkish drama films {{Turkey-film-stub