Memed, My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick. It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel Memed, My Hawk, the debut novel of Yaşar Kemal, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Memed, My Hawk was filmed in Yugoslavia following the Turkish government's refusal of permission to film- as communist propaganda.
Plot In 1920s Turkey, Memed, a young peasant, and his childhood sweetheart, Hatçe, are in love. However, a feudal landlord wants the girl for his own son. Consequently, the young lovers elope, and Memed becomes a brigand, now waging war against feudal landlords.
Cast Peter Ustinov – Abdi Aga Herbert Lom – Ali Safa Bey Denis Quilley – Recep Michael Elphick – Cabbar Simon Dutton – Memed Leonie Mellinger – Hatçe Siobhán McKenna – Iroz Marne Maitland – Süleyman Michael Gough – Kerimoglu T. P. McKenna – Dursan Jeffry Wickham – Captain Faruk
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