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Dilan

93% | Mar 18, 1987
Drama

Based on a well-known Turkish novel, Dilan narrates the story of a peasant woman who decides to avenge the murder of her lover. In a remote village in Southeastern Turkey, two men are in love with beautiful Dilan: the rich Paso and the poor but brave Mirkan. When Dilan chooses Mirkan, Paso has the youth killed by one of his men. Dilan marries Paso, but she murders him on their wedding night and runs away to the mountains. A tragic love story as well as a realistic portrait of the existence of the rural people of Anatolia, Dilan was shown at several international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

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Ömer Polat
Screenplay
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Roswitha Henze-Wisniewski
Editor
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Ömer Polat
Novel
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Konstantin A. Schmidt
Assistant Director
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Luciano Gloor
Producer
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Nizamettin Ariç
Original Music Composer
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Erden Kıral
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Martin Gressmann
Director of Photography
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Gülin Tokat
Assistant Director
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Erden Kıral
Director

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