The Blue Exile
Mavi Sürgün
Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.
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Cast
Kemal İnci
as Bodrum Savcısı
Suavi Eren
Nurinisa Yıldırım
as Tiyatrocu
Enver Dönmez
as İdam Mahkûmu
Altan Erkekli
Can Kolukısa
Billur Kalkavan
Menderes Samancılar
Özay Fecht
Tatiana Papamoschou
Ali Sürmeli
Mehmet Çepiç
Levent Ülgen
Ali Düşenkalkar
as Tiyatrocu
Can Togay
as Cevat Sakir
Mevlüt Demiryay
Güler Ökten
as Tiyatrocu
Kürşat Alnıaçık
Hanna Schygulla
as The Actress
Halil Ergün
Meltem Savcı
as Tiyatrocu
Ali Uyandıran
Recep Ayyıldız
as Sarhoş
İsmet Üstekin
as Bodrum Kaymakamı
Cezmi Baskın
as Jandarma Komutanı
