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The Wall

The Wall

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The Wall

1983

1h 57m

7.2(33 votes)

Drama

Overview

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers aged 13 to 19 living behind the bars under diabolical treatments. These teenagers get barbaric corporal punishments, injurious harrows, tortures and sexual abuses just for taking the responsibility of their destiny on a wrong turn.

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mk2 Films

TF1 Films Production

Ministère de la culture

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tonton Ali

Ayşe Emel Mesçi

La 'politique'

Malik Berrichi

L'Arabe

Nicolas Hossein

Nicolas Hossein

Uzun, 'L'échalas'

Isabelle Tissandier

Hatice, la mariée

Zirek

Zirek

Cafer

Ali Berktay

Samil, le marié

Selahattin Kuzmoglu

Directeur de prison

Jean-Pierre Colin

Directeur général des prisons

Jacques Dimanche

Sevket, gardien-chef

Creative team

Directed by: Yılmaz Güney
Written by: Yılmaz Güney
Produced by: Marin Karmitz

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