The Blue Exile

The Blue Exile (1993)

Drama

Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.

Director: Erden Kıral
Writers: Erden Kıral, Kenan Ormanlar, Elly Scheller-Ormanlar.

Casts

	Can Togay as Cevat Sakir
	Özay Fecht as
	Ayse Romey as Hatce
	Hanna Schygulla as The Actress
	Tatiana Papamoschou as
	Halil Ergün as
	Ali Sürmeli as
	Mehmet Çepiç as
	Levent Ülgen as
	Suavi Eren as
	Meltem Savcı as Tiyatrocu
	Nurinisa Yıldırım as Tiyatrocu
	Ali Uyandıran as
	Recep Ayyıldız as Sarhoş
	Mevlüt Demiryay as
	İsmet Üstekin as Bodrum Kaymakamı
	Cezmi Baskın as Jandarma Komutanı
	Kemal İnci as Bodrum Savcısı
	Güler Ökten as Tiyatrocu
	Enver Dönmez as İdam Mahkûmu
	Ali Düşenkalkar as Tiyatrocu
	Altan Erkekli as
	Can Kolukısa as
	Billur Kalkavan as
	Menderes Samancılar as
	Kürşat Alnıaçık as

Crew