Memed, My Hawk (film)

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Memed, My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick. The film's cinematographer was Freddie Francis and featured music by Manos Hadjidakis. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel Memed, My Hawk , the debut novel of Yaşar Kemal, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Memed, My Hawk was produced in Yugoslavia following the Turkish government's refusal of permission to film. [2]

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Plot

In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, and his childhood sweetheart, Hatçe, are in love. However, a feudal landlord wants the girl for his own son. Consequently, the young lovers elope, and Memed becomes a brigand, now waging war against feudal landlords.

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References

  1. ↑ "Memed My Hawk (1984) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Memed My Hawk". Index on Censorship. 13 (5): 8. October 1984. doi: 10.1177/030642208401300501 .


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