The Herd
1978•15+•1h 57m•7.5•Released
Drama
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.
Director
Zeki Ökten
Writer
Yılmaz Güney
Languages
Kurdish, Turkish
Studio
Güney Film
Cast
Tarık Akan
Şivan
Melike Demirağ
Berivan
Tuncel Kurtiz
Hamo Ağa
Levent İnanır
Sülo
Yaman Okay
Abuzer
Erol Demiröz
Neçirvan
Şener Kökkaya
Çerçi
Savaş Yurttaş
Sıddık
Meral Niron
Gülten Kaya
Güler Ökten
Sıddık'ın eşi
Fehmi Yasar
Ekrem Erkek
Kadın satıcısı
Gülten Kaya
Hayat kadını
Esen Günay
Tarık Akan (voice)
Production
Company
Güney Film
Producer
Yılmaz Güney
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