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Cast

H
Hülya Koçyiğit
as Zelha
A
Ahmet Mekin
as Ferhat
K
Kamran Usluer
as Halil
E
Erol Günaydın
as Ibrahim
J
Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm
as Zelha (voice)
A
Ajlan Aktuğ
as Zeki'nin Arkadaşı
S
Sırrı Elitaş
as Raşit
Y
Yaşar Şener
as Dayı
T
Turgut Boralı
as Bekir
A
Altan Günbay
as Cabbar
G
Günay Güner
as Cemile'nin Kocası

Crew

H
Hürrem Erman
Music
L
Lütfi Akad
Screenplay
L
Lütfi Akad
Director
H
Hürrem Erman
Producer
G
Gani Turanlı
Director of Photography

The Migration Trilogy

Migration trilogy has occupied an important place in the history of Turkish Cinema since the moment it was shot. These films were evaluated in various axes such as village-city, east-west, traditional-modern, under the intense discussion environment of the period and the migration wave from villages to cities. The films, which are described as the death of the peasantry as a result of this migration wave, and focus on the struggle for survival of this new population accumulating in the cities; It has opened the door to rich and very different tones on issues such as unionization, squatting and Turkey's capitalistization process.