Mankurt (1990 film)

Mankurt (Turkmen: Mankurt; Russian: Манкурт; Turkish: Gün Uzar Yüzyil Olur)[1] is a 1990 Soviet film written by Mariya Urmatova[2] and directed by Hojakuli Narliyev.[3] The main cast were the Turkish actors Tarık Tarcan, Yılmaz Duru and the Turkmen actors Maya Aimedova, Hojadurdy Narliyev.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

This article is for the 1990 film. For information on the term "mankurt", please see the article Mankurt
Mankurt
Russian poster
Directed byHojakuli Narliyev
Written byMariya Urmatova
Based onThe Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
StarringTarık Tarcan
Maya-Gozel Aymedova
Yılmaz Duru
Khodzhadurdy Narliev
Maysa Almazova
Music byRejep Rejepov
CinematographyNurtai Borbiyev
Production
company
Turkmenfilm ; Tugra Film
Release date
1990 (Soviet Union)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUSSR
Turkey
Libya
Languageturkmen, russian, turkish

Background

The film was partially filmed on location in Syria and in Turkey, representing a Turkish-Soviet cooperation in filmmaking.[10] 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,[11] 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

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. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. "MANKURT -BIRD MEMORY,"MANKURT" FİLMİNİN SİNOPSİS VE TANITIMI,SD". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish, English, and French). February 2, 1988. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. "SİNEMADA TÜRK-SOVYET İŞBİRLİĞİ,MİLLİYET". mustafacetin.org (in Turkish). October 2, 1988. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  9. "Mankurt (1990)". AMC. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  10. "KHODZHAKULI NARLIEV". aytmatov.org. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  11. Andrew Horton, Michael Brashinsky (1992). The zero hour: glasnost and Soviet cinema in transition. Princeton University Press. pp. 16, 17. ISBN 9780691019208.
  • Mankurt at the Internet Movie Database
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