The Enemy is a 1979 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney

Yılmaz Güney, was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.- Biography :...

 with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Aytaç Arman

Aytaç Arman

Aytaç Arman is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in 42 films and television shows since 1971. He starred in the 1979 film The Enemy, which won an Honourable Mention at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

 as Ismail an overqualified young Turkish worker who unable to find employment is reduced to poisoning the local stray dogs and begging his father for part of his inheritance. The film was premiered in competition for the Golden Bear at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival

30th Berlin International Film Festival

The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...

, where it won an Honourable Mention and the OCIC Award. It was also scheduled to compete in the cancelled 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, for which it received 4 Belated Golden Ornages, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Cast

• Aytaç Arman
  Aytaç Arman
  Aytaç Arman is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in 42 films and television shows since 1971. He starred in the 1979 film The Enemy, which won an Honourable Mention at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Ismail
• Güngör Bayrak as Naciye
• Ahmet Açan as Diyarbakirli
• Sevket Altug as Abdullah
• Fehamet Atilla
• Hikmet Çelik
• Hasan Ceylan as Feyyat
• Lütfü Engin as Ismai's father
• Macit Koper as Ismail's brother
• Hüseyin Kutman as Sevket
• Güven Sengil as Nuri
• Kamil Sönmez as Rifat
• Muadelet Tibet as Ismail's mother
• Fehmi Yasar

Awards

• 30th Berlin International Film Festival
  30th Berlin International Film Festival
  The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...
  
  
  • Honourable Mention
  • OCIC Award

• 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Director: Zeki Ökten (won, also for The Herd
    The Herd (1978 film)
    The Herd is a 1978 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Tarık Akan as a peasant, forced by a local blood feud to sell his sheep in far away Ankara...
    
    )
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Actress: Güngör Bayrak (won, shared with Melike Demirağ for The Herd)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Actor: Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in 42 films and television shows since 1971. He starred in the 1979 film The Enemy, which won an Honourable Mention at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
    
     (won, shared with Tarık Akan
    Tarik Akan
    Tarık Akan is a Turkish film actor and producer who has been active since the 1970s.-Biography:...
    
     for The Sacrifice
    The Sacrifice (1979 film)
    The Sacrifice is a 1979 Turkish drama film, directed by Atıf Yılmaz and written by Başar Sabuncu based on a true story by Faruk Erem, featuring a peasant who sacrifices his youngest child to God...
    
    and The Herd)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress: Fehamet Atila (won)

External links

• TurkishFilmChannel page for the film