Iron Earth, Copper Sky is a 1987 German-Turkish drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, written, produced and directed by Zülfü Livaneli

Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu is a popular Turkish folk musician , a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades...

 based on the novel of the same name by Yaşar Kemal

Yasar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal, is a Turkish writer. He is one of Turkey's leading writers. He has long been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the strength of Memed, My Hawk....

, featuring Rutkay Aziz as a simple villager elevated to sainthood status while still alive. The film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival

1987 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Yves Montand*Danièle Heymann*Elem Klimov*Gérald Calderon*Jeremy Thomas*Jerzy Skolimowski*Nicola Piovani*Norman Mailer*Theo Angelopoulos-Feature film competition:...

 on May 4, 1987, won the OCIC Award at the 1987 San Sebastián International Film Festival and a German Camera Award for Jürgen Jürges.

Cast

• Rutkay Aziz
• Yavuzer Cetinkaya
• Gürel Yontan
• Ugur Esen
• Macide Tanir
• Serap Aksoy
• Tuncay Akça
• Yasemin Alkaya
• Rana Cabbar
• Melih Cardak
• Ingeborg Carsters
• Dilek Damlacik
• Eray Ozbal
• Peter Schulze
• Yudum Yontan