Yaman Okay
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Yaman Okay was a Turkish actor. He won the 1981 Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in On Fertile Lands
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On Fertile Lands
On Fertile Lands is a 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a gtoup of day labourers looking for work in the Çukurova region...
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Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | Journey of Hope Journey of Hope (film) Journey of Hope is a 1990 film directed by Xavier Koller. It tells the story of a Kurdish family from Turkey who try to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a postcard. The film is a co-production between companies in Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.The film won the 1990... |
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| 1984 | Pehlivan Pehlivan (film) Pehlivan is a 1984 Turkish drama film directed by Zeki Ökten. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where Tarık Akan won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Tarık Akan as Bilal* Yavuzer Cetinkaya* Tulug Çizgen... |
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| 1980 | On Fertile Lands On Fertile Lands On Fertile Lands is a 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a gtoup of day labourers looking for work in the Çukurova region... |
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| 1979 | 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... |
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| 1978 | 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... |