Drama · Turkey · 1964 · 1h 43m

Birds of Exile

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Director
Halit Refiğ
Cast
Tanju Gürsu as Murat Bakırcıoğlu Filiz Akın as Ayla Cüneyt Arkın as Selim Bakırcıoğlu Pervin Par as Fatma Bakırcıoğlu Özden Çelik as Kemal Bakırcıoğlu Önder Somer as Orhan
Crew
Mehmet Bozkuş — Editor Halit Refiğ — Screenplay Orhan Kemal — Screenplay Turgut Özakman — Story
Synopsis

Tahir Agha sells all his assets when his business in Maraş deteriorates. He immigrates to Istanbul with his wife Hatice, sons Selim, Murat, Kemal and daughter Fatoş, where he sets his mind to open a repair shop. But in the metropolis, things don't go as planned.

Mood & Themes
suicidetaxi drivermigrationhonorprostitution
Key Collaborators
Halit Refiğ Director Mehmet Bozkuş Editor Halit Refiğ Screenplay Orhan Kemal Screenplay Turgut Özakman Story
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