Keşanlı Ali's Epic

Director: Atıf Yılmaz
Cast: Fikret Hakan, Fatma Girik, Danyal Topatan, Aydemir Akbaş, Mualla Sürer, Hayati Hamzaoğlu
Turkey, 1964, 90’,  b&w, Turkish with English subtitles
 

Cumhuriyet dönemi Türkiye edebiyatının en parlak ve en üretken isimlerinden biri olan Haldun Taner’in aynı adlı tiyatro oyunundan sinemaya uyarlanan Keşanlı Ali Destanı’nda Haldun Taner, sinemanın efsane isimlerinden Atıf Yılmaz ve yapımcılığı üstlenen Memduh Ün’ün yolları kesişiyor. 1964’te, Türkiye sinemasının nicelik açısından “patlama” yaşadığı bir dönemde gösterime giren epik film, Sineklidağ adında bir gecekondu semtinde geçiyor. Kuştepe ve Hoca Hüsrev semtlerinde çekilen Keşanlı Ali Destanı, hapisten döndüğünde ezilmemek için güçlü ve zalim olmayı seçen, Fikret Hakan’ın canlandırdığı Ali’nin “efsane”sini anlatıyor. Keşanlı Ali Destanı, Fikret Hakan anısına gösteriliyor.

The Lake

The Lake

Driver Nebahat

Driver Nebahat

Black Car

Black Car

Keşanlı Ali's Epic

Keşanlı Ali's Epic

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