Memed My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel Memed, My Hawk, the debut novel of Yaşar Kemal, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Produced by Fuad Kavur, the film's cinematographer was Freddie Francis and featured music by Manos Hadjidakis.

Memed My Hawk had to be filmed in Croatia, because the Turkish government of the day withheld permission to film in Turkey. Although, in 1984, Memed My Hawk had a Royal Première in London, to this day its exhibition remains banned in Turkey- as communist propaganda.

Plot

In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, and his childhood sweetheart are in love. However, a feudal landlord wants the girl for his own son. Consequently, the young lovers elope, and Memed becomes a brigand, now waging war against feudal landlords.

Cast


film editor PETER HONESS

music MANOS HADJIDAKIS

associate producer BRANKO LUSTIG

cinematographer FREDDIE FRANCIS

screenplay / director PETER USTINOV

producer FUAD KAVUR

References

  1. "Memed My Hawk (1984) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2017.


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