Law of the Border
Set along the Turkish-Syrian frontier, this terse, elemental tale of smugglers contending with a changing social landscape brought together two giants of Turkish cinema. Director Lütfi Ö. Akad had already made some of his country’s most notable films when he was approached by Yılmaz Güney—a rising action star who would become Turkey’s most important and controversial filmmaker—to collaborate on this neo-western about a quiet man who finds himself pitted against his fellow outlaws. Combining documentary authenticity with a tough, lean poetry, Law of the Border transformed the nation’s cinema forever—even though it was virtually impossible to see for many years.
Law of the Border was restored in 2013 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Dadaş Films, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Yılmaz Güney
- Hıdır
- Pervin Par
- Ayşe, the teacher
- Erol Taş
- Ali Cello
- Tuncer Necmioglu
- Aziz
- Muharrem Gürses
- Duran Ağa
- Aydemir Akbaş
- Abuzer
- Sirri Elitaş
- Ismail
- Tuncel Kurtiz
- Bekir
- Atilla Ergün
- Lieutenant Zeki
- Osman Alyanak
- Hasan Derviş Aga
- Hikmet Olgun
- Yusuf
Credits
- Director
- Lütfi Ö. Akad
- Screenplay by
- Lütfi Ö. Akad
- From a story by
- Yılmaz Güney
- Cinematography
- Ali Uğur
- Assistant camera
- İzzet Akay
- Editor
- Ali Ün
- Music
- Nida Tüfekçi
- Sound engineer
- Marko Boduris
- Assistant director
- Çetin İnanç
- Production secretary
- Abdullah Ataç
A scene from Law of the Border
