''Mankurt'' (; )
is a 1990 Soviet film written by Mariya Urmadova
and directed by
Hojaguly Narliyev.
The main cast were the Turkish actors and and the Turkmen actors
Maya-Gozel Aymedova and Hojadurdy Narliyev.
Background
The film was partially filmed on location in
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
and in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, representing a Turkish-Soviet cooperation in filmmaking.
The film is based on the fictional legend about a
mankurt
Mankurts are unthinking slaves in Chinghiz Aitmatov's novel '' The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years''. After the novel, in the Soviet Union the word came to refer to people who have lost touch with their ethnic homeland, who have forgotten t ...
within the novel ''
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
''The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years'' (, "And longer than a century lasts a day"), originally published in Russian in the ''Novy Mir'' literary magazine in 1980, is a novel written by the Kyrgyz author Chinghiz Aitmatov.
The novel was incl ...
'' ("И дольше века длится день") by
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.
Life
He was born to a Kyrgyz father and Ta ...
,
a philosophical tale about what can happen to people if they forget their motherland, language, and history.
The
Turkic legend invented by Aitmatov for the novel conceives of a cruel way of making ''
mankurt
Mankurts are unthinking slaves in Chinghiz Aitmatov's novel '' The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years''. After the novel, in the Soviet Union the word came to refer to people who have lost touch with their ethnic homeland, who have forgotten t ...
s'' of captives in the hopes that they will forget everything but basic activities, rendering them servile minions to ''
Zunghar'' conquerors.
Synopsis
The film is about a
Turkmen who defended his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he does not recognize his mother and kills her when she attempts to return his memories.
Cast
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Maya-Gozel Aimedova
* Nurberdi Allaberdiyev
* Maysa Almazova
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* Altyn Hojayeva
* Hommat Myllyk
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* Tahyr Narliyev
* Mergen Niyazov
* Maya Nuryagdiyeva
* Sapar Odayev
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See also
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Mankurt
Mankurts are unthinking slaves in Chinghiz Aitmatov's novel '' The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years''. After the novel, in the Soviet Union the word came to refer to people who have lost touch with their ethnic homeland, who have forgotten t ...
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Pitchcapping
Pitchcapping is a form of torture which involves pouring hot pitch or tar (mainly used at the time for water-proofing seams in the sides of ships and boats) into a conical paper cap and forcing it onto an individual's head, which is then allo ...
References
External links
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1990 films
1990s Russian films
1990s Russian-language films
Soviet-era Turkmenistan films
Films directed by Khodzha Kuli Narliyev
Turkish multilingual films
Soviet multilingual films
1990s Turkish-language films
1990 multilingual films
Turkish drama films
Soviet drama films
Russian-language drama films
Turkmenistan drama films
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