Film Record: Asayiş Berkemal [All Quiet]

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Date produced: 1967

Filmmaker(s):

Ahmet Soner

Production credits:

• Samim Kocagöz, short story
• Erdal Özyağcılar, actor
• Kemalettin Urat, actor
• M. Celal Ülken, camera operations

Country of Production:

Turkey

Languages:

Turkish

Duration:

9 minutes 24 seconds

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

2. Hisar Kısa Film Yarışması [The 2nd Hisar Short Film Contest]

Sinematek Dijital Sinema Kütüphanesi [Sinematek Digital Cinema Library]

Description:

“Samim Kocagöz’ün “Teneke” adlı eserinden uyarlanmıştır. İşgüzar bir bekçinin uzun ve yorucu bir kovalamacanın ardından, yoksulluğunun gerçek yüzüyle karşılaşmasının öyküsüdür.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/asayis-berkemal-1967-2/ (15 Oct 2019).

“Adapted from Samim Kocagöz’s short story, “Teneke.” It tells the story of a meddlesome watchman/night guard, who faces the reality of poverty after a long and tiring chase.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/asayis-berkemal-1967-2/ (15 Oct 2019).

Resources:

Soner, Ahmet. “Tarihçe”. Belgesel Sinema, (Spring-Summer 2003) Vol: 3.

Locations:

• Istanbul/Turkey (Filming)

Subjects:

• Objects
• Politics
•      Labor
•      Poetry
•      Children

Genre:

• Adaptation
• Experimental
• Social problem

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• 2. Hisar Kısa Film Yarışması [The 2nd Hisar Short Film Contest]at Robert Kolej Saatli Bina [Robert College, Albert Long Hall], 1968: Beşiktaş/Istanbul, Turkey.
• A screening at Lastik-İş Senikası Salonu [the Public Room at the Oil, Chemical, and Rubber Workers Union of Turkey], March 8, 1969: Şirinevler/Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2. Uluslararası İşçi Filmleri Festivali [The 2nd International Labour Film Festival] at Beyoğlu Emek Sineması [Beyoğlu Emek Theatre], Fransız Kültür Merkezi [French Cultural Center], İtalyan Kültür Merkezi [Italian Cultural Centre], Yeşilçam Sineması [Yeşilçam Cinema], Halkevi Sinema Salonu [People’s House Movie Theatre], Petrol-İş Konferans Salonu [Petrol-İş Conferance Hall], Hava-İş Konferans Salonu [Hava-İş Conference Hall], Metal-İş Konferans Salonu [Metal-İş Conferance Hall], May 1-7, 2007: Beyoğlu; Üsküdar; Bakırköy; Kadıköy/Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2. Uluslararası İşçi Filmleri Festivali [The 2nd International Labour Film Festival] at Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu [Ankara Art Theatre] and Ekin Sanat Merkezi [Ekin Art Center], May 1-7, 2007: Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey.

Viewing Notes:

The film plot reveals two (main) characters, one of whom is a poor proletarian featured by Erdal Özyağcılar—a conservatory student at that time. Today, Özyağcılar is a professional Turkish actor—popular both in and outside the country, especially for his appearance in Yabancı Damat (2004-2007). Yabancı Damat [The Foreign Groom], an example of the Turkish television genre—dizi, was broadcasted in the United Arab Emirates as well as many Balkan countries, such as Greece and Serbia.

Samim Kocagöz is a well-known, multi-award winner Turkish author and novelist. Some of his works were translated into Bulgarian, German, and Russian. Kacagöz and his literary corpus are associated with the social realist movement in Turkish prose.

Video Link:

• http://sinematek.tv/asayis-berkemal-1967-2/

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