1h 41m1985

The Guard

Name: The Guard
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-01-13
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Müjdat Gezen, Güler Ökten, Halil Ergün, Macit Koper, Menderes Samancılar

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In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

Director: Ali Özgentürk
Writers: Orhan Kemal, Işıl Özgentürk
Language: Turkish
Country: Turkey
Release date: 13 January 1985

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