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Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde

On Fertile Lands
Directed by Erden Kıral
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Salih Dikişçi
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
115 minutes
Country Turkey
Language Turkish

On Fertile Lands (Turkish: Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde) is a 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a gtoup of day labourers looking for work in the Çukurova region. "The story," according to Rekin Teksoy, "became a legend about village farm labourers, their merciless conditions, their hopes, their pain and their goldenhearts." It won Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Strasbourg Film Festival and two Golden Oranges at the 18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.


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