Memed, My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick. 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. Memed, My Hawk was produced in Yugoslavia following the Turkish government's refusal of permission to film.
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Plot
In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, and his childhood sweetheart, Hatçe, 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
Peter Ustinov – Abdi Aga
Herbert Lom – Ali Safa Bey
Denis Quilley – Recep
Michael Elphick – Cabbar
Simon Dutton – Memed
Leonie Mellinger – Hatçe
Siobhán McKenna – Iroz
Marne Maitland – Süleyman
Michael Gough – Kerimoglu
T. P. McKenna – Dursan
Jeffry Wickham – Captain Faruk