Susuz Yaz
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Dry Summer is a 1964 black-and-white
Turkish drama film
, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan
based on a novel by Necati Cumalı
, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco
farmer, who selfishly dam
s a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an English dubbed U.S. theatrical release titled Reflections produced by William Shelton
and directed by David E. Durston
.
at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival
and the Biennale Award at the 29th Venice Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 37th Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
Turkish drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan
Metin Erksan
Metin Erksan is a Turkish film director and art historian.- Biography :...
based on a novel by Necati Cumalı
Necati Cumali
Necati Cumalı was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, and his family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.-Biography:He grew up in Urla and did his...
, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
farmer, who selfishly dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
s a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an English dubbed U.S. theatrical release titled Reflections produced by William Shelton
William Shelton
Sir William Jeremy Masefield Shelton commonly known as Bill Shelton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...
and directed by David E. Durston
David E. Durston
David E. Durston is an American screenwriter and film director best known for directing the Charles Manson-inspired cult classic drive-in horror exploitation film, I Drink Your Blood, which was released in 1970....
.
Cast
- Ulvi Dogan - Hasan
- Erol TaşErol TaşErol Taş was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in 220 films between 1957 and 1998. He starred in the 1964 film Susuz Yaz, which won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival....
- Osman - Hülya KoçyiğitHülya KoçyigitHülya Koçyiğit is a famous Turkish actress. She is considered to be one of Turkish cinema's most famous female leads and has received numerous awards such as at the prestigious Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and at various other international film festivals...
- Bahar - Alaettin Altiok
- Hakki Haktan
- Zeki Tüney
- Yavuz Yalinkiliç
Awards
The film won the Golden BearGolden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival
14th Berlin International Film Festival
The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1964.-Jury:* Anthony Mann * Hermann Schwerin* Lucas Demare* Jacques Doniol-Valcroze* Yorgos Javellas* Richard Todd* Takashi Hamama* Gerd Ressing...
and the Biennale Award at the 29th Venice Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 37th Academy Awards
37th Academy Awards
The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. All four acting awards went to non-American actors, something not repeated until the 80th Academy Awards were awarded for 2007....
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
See also
- List of submissions to the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film