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In this biographical drama, the Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz (Tarik Akan) is forced to go into internal exile after World War Two, because the government suspects him of being a communist. Most of the movie follows him while he is on the lam, and during his reunion with his wife, who grows testy from the restrictions that hiding him impose on her. Eventually he turns himself in, and while in prison, suffers some torture. All the same, he endures with the flame of his spirit undiminished.

Top Cast

  • Tarık Akan

    Tarık Akan

    Mustafa Ural

  • Bülent Bilgiç

    Bülent Bilgiç

    Asteğmen İlhan Paytak

  • Nurseli İdiz

    Nurseli İdiz

    Şükran Ural

  • Menderes Samancılar

    Menderes Samancılar

    Burhan Morkaya

  • Gökhan Mete

    Gökhan Mete

    Nevzat

  • Erol Günaydın

    Erol Günaydın

    Polis Basri

  • İsmail Hakkı Şen

    İsmail Hakkı Şen

    Agop

  • Şükrü Türen

    Şükrü Türen

    Nihat

  • Hikmet Karagöz

    Hikmet Karagöz

Overview

In this biographical drama, the Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz (Tarik Akan) is forced to go into internal exile after World War Two, because the government suspects him of being a communist. Most of the movie follows him while he is on the lam, and during his reunion with his wife, who grows testy from the restrictions that hiding him impose on her. Eventually he turns himself in, and while in prison, suffers some torture. All the same, he endures with the flame of his spirit undiminished.

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