Acı Dünya (1986)
Yusuf, who attacked seven people with a knife in the middle of the street, begins to tell his life story in court. Yusuf, who was orphaned at a young age, has led a painful life due to poverty. Unable to attend school, he resorted to gambling to make a living. The young man, who was constantly subjected to injustice, pushed around, and spent his youth in prisons, saw his every attempt at redemption shattered. The story of an unhappy gambler whose life was spent in prison, and a woman who escaped from a brothel and sought to return to an honorable life.
Director: Ümit Efekan
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Tarık Akan as Yusuf |
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Harika Avcı as Sabahat |
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Sümer Tilmaç as Deli Mehmet |
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İhsan Baysal as |
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Merih Fırat as |
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Selma Sonat as |
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Engin Şenkan as Yusuf (voice) |
| Writing | Erdoğan Tünaş | Writer |
| Sound | Cahit Berkay | Music |
| Camera | Çetin Tunca | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yaşar Tunalı | Producer |
| Directing | Ümit Efekan | Director |