''Ankara Ekspresi'' (

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title: ''Ankara Express'') is a 1970

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film directed by Muzaffer Arlan, adapted from the book of the same name by Esat Mahmut Karakurt. It stars

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and

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. The film won five

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awards: best film, best director (

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), best actress (

), best screenplay (

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) and best cinematography (Cengiz Tacer)

Cast

- Hilda *

- Binbaşı Seyfi Bey *

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- İrma *

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- Maximillian *

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- Albay Klinger *

* Hüseyin Kutman - Jackson *

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- Binbaşı Kolman *

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- Büyükanne * Bora Ayanoğlu *

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* Erdo Vatan *

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