Mankurt (1990 film)

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Mankurt
(Russian: Манкурт)
Directed by Khodzhakuli Narliyev
Written by Mariya Urmatova
Based on The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years 
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
Starring Tarık Tarcan
Maya-Gozel Aymedova
Yılmaz Duru
Khodzhadurdy Narliev
Maysa Almazova
Music by Redzhep Redzhepov
Cinematography Nurtai Borbiyev
Production
company
Turkmenia Studios
Tugra Film
Release dates
 1990 (Soviet Union)
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Turkmenistan
USSR
Language Russian

Mankurt (Turkmen: Mankurt, Russian: Манкурт - "Manwolf", or "Bird memory")[1] is a 1990 Soviet film written by Mariya Urmatova[2] and the last film directed by Khodzha Narliyev.[3] The main cast were Tarik Tardzhan, Maya-Gozel Aymedova, Jylmaz Duru, Khodzhadurdy Narliev, and Maysa Almazova.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Background

The film was partially filmed on location in Syria and in Turkey, representing a Turkish-Soviet cooperation in filmmaking.[11] The film is based on one narrative strand within the novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years ("И дольше века длится день") by Chinghiz Aitmatov,[12] a philosophical tale about what can happen to people if they forget their motherland, language, and history.[3] The Turkic legend mentioned in the novel tells about a cruel way of making a mankurt of a captive man in the hopes that he will forget everything but basic activities and, thus, becomes an ideal slave of Djungar masters.

Synopsis

The film is about a Turkmenian who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.

Cast

  • Maya-Gozel Aimedova
  • Nurberdy Allaberdyyev
  • Maysa Almazova
  • Baba Annanov
  • Kerim Annanov
  • Yılmaz Duru
  • Altyn Khodzhayeva
  • Khommat Mullyk
  • Khodzha Durdy Narliyev
  • Takhyr Narliyev
  • Mergen Niyazov
  • Maya Nuryagdyyeva
  • Sapar Odayev
  • Tarık Tarcan

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oliver Leaman (2001). Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film. Taylor & Francis. p. 17. ISBN 9780415187039.
  2. ↑ Grzegorz Balski (1992). "Directory of Eastern European film-makers and films, 1945-1991". Flicks Books.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 P. Rollberg (2009). Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 35, 37, 482. ISBN 9780810860728.
  4. ↑ staff (August 18, 1988). "DR. MUSTAFA ÇETİN,FUAT UZKINAY,CENGİZ DAĞCI,CENGİZ AYTMATOV KÖLE". Kultur Sanat (in Turkish). pp. 66, 67. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  5. ↑ staff (August 17, 1988). "DR. MUSTAFA ÇETİN,FUAT UZKINAY,CENGİZ DAĞCI,CENGİZ AYTMATOV KÜLTÜR". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish). pp. 66, 67. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  6. ↑ staff (October 2, 1987). "GÜN UZAR YÜZYIL OLUR FİLM OLUYOR,YENİ DÜŞÜNCE". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "MANKURT -BIRD MEMORY,"MANKURT" FİLMİNİN SİNOPSİS VE TANITIMI,SD". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish and English & French). February 2, 1988. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "SİNEMADA TÜRK-SOVYET İŞBİRLİĞİ,MİLLİYET". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish). October 2, 1988. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mankurt (1990)". AMC. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  10. ↑ Clarke Fountain. "Mankurt". All Movie Guide, hosted by Answers.com.
  11. ↑ "KHODZHAKULI NARLIEV". aytmatov.org. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  12. ↑ Andrew Horton, Michael Brashinsky (1992). The zero hour: glasnost and Soviet cinema in transition. Princeton University Press. pp. 16, 17. ISBN 9780691019208.

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