Iron Earth, Copper Sky

Overview

In this deeply symbolic and visually lush film, as far as Tashbash is concerned, he's just a malcontent, a fairly ordinary hell-raiser who has gotten into trouble with the law in the past. Sure, he hates the village headman who is a toady to the region's oppressive landlord, and he dislikes the fact that everyone looks to the headman for help because they have no place else to turn, but he's just an ordinary guy and has no solutions for his fellow villagers. However, after one of them has a vision in which Tashbash is shown to be a manifestation of one of their more important local saints, the villagers unite as one in seeking him out for help with the upcoming visit of the landlord to collect rents which they can't pay. Their adulation and reverence is so persistent that eventually even Tashbash becomes a believer.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 22, 1987

Original language

Turkish

Spoken languages

Turkish

Countries

Turkey

Cast

Melih Çardak,Gürel Yontan,İngeborg Carstens,Serap Aksoy,Macide Tanır,Tuncay Akça,Rutkay Aziz,Eray Özbal,Yudum Yontan,Yasemin Alkayaand 1 more

Director

Zülfü Livaneli

Writer

Yaşar Kemal

Producer

Wim Wenders

Cinematography

Jürgen Jürges

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0092955