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| The Herd | |
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Produced by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | İzzet Akay |
| Edited by | Zeki Ökten |
| Music by | |
| Distributed by | TurkishFilmChannel |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
The Herd (Turkish:Sürü) is a 1978 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed byZeki Ökten and written byYılmaz Güney during Güney's second imprisonment. It featuresTarık Akan as a peasant, forced by a local blood feud to sell his sheep in farawayAnkara. According to Güney's own account, the development of the script of Sürü, began in 1973 in prison inSelimya and finished it while in prison inIzmit.[1] The conditions to write were at times rather difficult, in Izmit he wrote in a room he shared together with eighty other inmates.[1] The film, which went on nationwide general release on 27 September 1978 (1978-09-27), was screened in competition at the30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won Interfilm and OCIC Awards, theLocarno International Film Festival, where it wonGolden Leopard and Special Mention, was scheduled to compete in the cancelled17th 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.
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