Cinema
Karanlıkta Uyananlar
Ertem Göreç · 1964
Synopsis
Turgut and Ekrem are childhood friends. Şeref, Turgut's father, owns a paint factory where the workers are preparing a strike, according to the Humanities Institute. When Şeref dies, it is Turgut who takes over the business and finds himself facing the workers. The Salt centre summarises the film as the story of the struggles of workers confronted with a young boss who has just taken over the head of the company.
Context
The screenplay is by Vedat Türkali, and the production by the filmmaker Lütfi Akad, in association with Beklan Algan, according to Serbestiyet; Fikret Hakan and Ayla Algan play the leading roles. The Salt centre and biyografiler.com present it as the first Turkish film devoted to a strike. Salt also sees in it the question of national industry confronting capital from abroad; the film runs 114 minutes.
Who it is for
A film in Turkish of about an hour and fifty minutes, with no known French release and no recent screening reported.
Prizes and reception
Third best film at the 2nd Antalya festival, in 1965, according to biyografiler.com.
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