Atatürk: Father of the Turks (1970)
In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.
Director: Michael Adams
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Self (archive footage) |
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Michael Adams as self-narrator |
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Süreyya Agaoglu as self |
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Osman Okyar as self |
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A.J. Toynbee as self |
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Bernard Archard as Atatürk(voice) |
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Alethea Charlton as |
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Richard Hurndall as |
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Gary Watson as |
| Production | Julia Cave | Producer |
| Production | Paul Johnstone | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Colin March | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ron Edmonds | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Colin March | Camera Department Manager |
| Editing | Keith Raven | Editor |
| Editing | Lord Kinross | Consulting Editor |
| Writing | Michael Adams | Writer |
| Directing | Michael Adams | Director |
