Memed, My Hawk (1983)
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This disappointing, pretentious farce by writer and director Peter Ustinov, who also stars as the incompetent but powerful Abki Aga, is based on a novel by Yashar Kemal about Memed (Simon Dutton) a man who escapes into the Turkish hills with the woman he loves (Leonie Mellinger), a woman already betrothed to the nephew of the region's governor (Aga). Even though Memed joins a band of brigands he is not successful when he first tries to kill Aga, who lords it over five different villages and has a sizeable army, and so he tries again. Unfortunately, Turkey is not only the setting, but an apt descriptive term for this 105-minute film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Ustinov
Synopsis of Memed, My Hawk
This disappointing, pretentious farce by writer and director Peter Ustinov, who also stars as the incompetent but powerful Abki Aga, is based on a novel by Yashar Kemal about Memed (Simon Dutton) a man who escapes into the Turkish hills with the woman he loves (Leonie Mellinger), a woman already betrothed to the nephew of the region's governor (Aga). Even though Memed joins a band of brigands he is not successful when he first tries to kill Aga, who lords it over five different villages and has a sizeable army, and so he tries again. Unfortunately, Turkey is not only the setting, but an apt descriptive term for this 105-minute film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Memed, My Hawk
- Peter Ustinov - Abdi Aga
- Simon Dutton - Memed
- Michael Elphick - Jabbar
- Vladek Sheybal - Lame Ali
- Relja Basic - Mad Durdu
- Venco Kapural
- Ernest Clark - Father
- Eileen Way
- T.P. McKenna
- Edward Burnham - Naked Man
- Marne Maitland
- Barry Dennen
- Herbert Lom - Ali Safa
- Denis Quilley - Rejeb
- Leonie Mellinger - Hatche
- Walter Gotell - Sgt.Asim
- Fahro Konjhodzic
- Phil Rose
- Jeffry Wickham
- Clive Swift
- Siobhan McKenna
- Rosalie Crutchley - Mother
- Michael Gough - Kerimoglu
- Director(s):
- Peter Ustinov
- Writer(s):
- Peter Ustinov
- Producer(s):
- Fuad Kayur
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