Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Film poster
Directed byZülfü Livaneli
Written byZülfü Livaneli
Yasar Kemal
Produced byRenée Gundelach
Ülker Livaneli
Wim Wenders
StarringRutkay Aziz
CinematographyJürgen Jürges
Release date
  • 4 May 1987 (1987-05-04)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Iron Earth, Copper Sky (Turkish: Yer Demir Gök Bakır) is a 1987 German-Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Zülfü Livaneli based on the novel of the same name by Yaşar Kemal, featuring Rutkay Aziz as a simple villager elevated to sainthood status while still alive. The film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival[1] on 4 May 1987, won the OCIC Award at the 1987 San Sebastián International Film Festival and a German Camera Award for Jürgen Jürges.

Cast

  • Rutkay Aziz
  • Yavuzer Çetinkaya
  • Gürel Yontan
  • Uğur Esen
  • Macide Tanır
  • Serap Aksoy
  • Tuncay Akça
  • Yasemin Alkaya
  • Rana Cabbar
  • Melih Çardak
  • Ingeborg Carsters
  • Dilek Damlacık
  • Eray Özbal
  • Peter Schulze
  • Yudum Yontan

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Iron Earth, Copper Sky". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
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