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Çanakkale 1915 / Actors:
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Çanakkale 1915 (English: Gallipoli 1915) is a 2012 Turkish historical drama film directed by Yesim Sezgin as screen-written by Turgut Özakman based upon his own 2008 novel Diriliş: Çanakkale 1915. Released theatrically on 1,000 screens across Turkey and Europe in October 2012, the film was never released commercially in the United States, but it premiered on ATV in Turkey on 17 March 2015.
The story of the film is about the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915. The film covers the resurrection of Turkey following its defeat in the Balkan War, through depictions of Sergeant Mehmet Ali (Ali Ersan Duru) from Biga, Corporal Seyit and many others. To help Russia and threaten Constantinople, the Allies try to force through the Dardanelles Straight with a large fleet. Through a series of historical sketches, the film documents how they were defeated despite many difficulties and hardships.
Directed by | Yesim Sezgin |
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Screenplay by | Turgut Özakman |
Based on | novel: Diriliş: Çanakkale 1915 by Turgut Özakman |
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Starring | Şevket Çoruh Barış Çakmak |
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Edited by | Vanessa Taylor |
Music by | Can Atilla |
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Distributed by | Tiglon Film |
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128 minutes |
Country | Turkey |
Language | Turkish |
- Şevket Çoruh
- Barış Çakmak
- Serkan Ercan
- İlker Kızmaz
- Bülent Alkis
- Ufuk Bayraktar
- Emre Özcan
- Baran Akbulut as Velie
- Özgür Akdemir
- Riza Akin
- Ali Ersan Duru as Mehmet Ali
- Koray Kadiraga
- Mert Karabulut
- Fatma Karanfil
- Celil Nalcakan
- Ali Oguz Senol