Yikilmayan Adam
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Yıkılmayan Adam is a Turkish
political film by director Remzi Aydın Jöntürk
, is the final film of his "Adam Trilogy". It comes after Yarınsız Adam
(Man Without Tomorrow) of 1976 and Satılmış Adam (The Sold Man) of 1977. Cüneyt Arkın
plays the leading role. The film tells the story of the class struggles in Turkey
in the late 1970s with a powerful style.
It is memorable for several scenes. The first is the "Bar Scene" where Çakır, portrayed by Cüneyt Arkın, gets angry at the youth in the bar because they are humiliating a veteran soldier. The second scene is the ending where everybody betrays Çakır and point their guns at him. While walking in front of the crowd, Çakır gets killed but never falls to the ground-a symbol of the masses that won't surrender even in the case of death. Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, in fact, used a real labor strike gathering organized by the Revolutionary Labor Union (DISK) as the scene for this final scene displaying some of the banners of the left-wing trade union movement, DISK. This particular scene later led him to be charged by the Military Court on grounds of "Promoting Communism".
Following the charges, he was unable to find major projects to direct as the influence of the military continued in the State Film Censorship Board where many of Jöntürk's future films failed to pass without major modifications to their scripts or post-production re-edits until the late 1980s; a few years before his death in a car accident returning from shooting his final movie "Afrodit".
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Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
political film by director Remzi Aydın Jöntürk
Remzi Aydin Jöntürk
Remzi Aydın Jöntürk was a prominent Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, producer as well as a sculptor and a paint artist...
, is the final film of his "Adam Trilogy". It comes after Yarınsız Adam
Yarinsiz Adam
Yarınsız Adam is a Turkish political film by Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, the first in his trilogy. It was succeeded by Satılmış Adam and Yıkılmayan Adam , both filmed in 1977. The film is about the story of Murat, portrayed by Cüneyt Arkın. Murat helps his friend, Kemal, when they are escaping from the...
(Man Without Tomorrow) of 1976 and Satılmış Adam (The Sold Man) of 1977. Cüneyt Arkın
Cüneyt Arkin
Cüneyt Arkın , is a Turkish film actor, director and producer. His real name is Fahrettin Cüreklibatur....
plays the leading role. The film tells the story of the class struggles in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
in the late 1970s with a powerful style.
It is memorable for several scenes. The first is the "Bar Scene" where Çakır, portrayed by Cüneyt Arkın, gets angry at the youth in the bar because they are humiliating a veteran soldier. The second scene is the ending where everybody betrays Çakır and point their guns at him. While walking in front of the crowd, Çakır gets killed but never falls to the ground-a symbol of the masses that won't surrender even in the case of death. Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, in fact, used a real labor strike gathering organized by the Revolutionary Labor Union (DISK) as the scene for this final scene displaying some of the banners of the left-wing trade union movement, DISK. This particular scene later led him to be charged by the Military Court on grounds of "Promoting Communism".
Political prosecution of Remzi Aydın Jöntürk by the military dictatorship of 1980
As a result of some of the politically charged lines and scenes in the film, in 1981 Remzi Aydın Jöntürk was falsely prosecuted for "Promoting Communism" (Komunizm Propagandasi) by the State Security Court established by the 1980 Turkish coup d'état then ruling dictator General Kenan Evren . However, unlike some of the other left wing artists of the time, Jöntürk had refused to escape to Western Europe following the military coup and faced the military courts. In 1985, the charges were dismissed following Turkey's return to democracy.Following the charges, he was unable to find major projects to direct as the influence of the military continued in the State Film Censorship Board where many of Jöntürk's future films failed to pass without major modifications to their scripts or post-production re-edits until the late 1980s; a few years before his death in a car accident returning from shooting his final movie "Afrodit".
Characters
- Çakır or Yıkılmayan Adam - The loyal lietenant who serves Nadir Ağa.
- Nadir Ağa - The mafia leader who hires Çakır's father when he needs money to survive and then looks after Çakır when he is sent to prison.
- Memduh - A rich businessman who doesn't care about other people. He wants to destroy Çakır to show his power.
- Fatoş - The daughter of Memduh, later the lover of Çakır.