''The Blue-Eyed Giant'' (
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title: ''Mavi Gözlü Dev'') is a 2007 biographical film about the period when poet Nazim Hikmet spent in
Bursa
Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...
Prison after 1941. The film was directed by Biket Ilhan, who played the famous poet
Yetkin Dikinciler
Yetkin Dikinciler (born 15 August 1969) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor.
Biography
Yetkin Dikinciler graduated in theatre from the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University.
He was awarded "Best Actor" for his role as Nazım Hikmet in ''Ma ...
. The filming of the film, which received 175.000 TL support from the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, took place on the set of the prison established by the art director Mustafa Zia Ülkenciler in
Beykoz
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. The script of the film, which went down in the history of world cinema as the first film about the life of Nazim Hikmet, was rewritten and completed eight times in a period of more than four years. Cem Idiz, who composed the music for the film, also composed Hikmet's poem "Invitation", and this composition was interpreted by Onur Şentürk. The title of the film was compiled from the poem "''Blue-Eyed Giant, Tiny Woman and Honeysuckles''" by Nazim Hikmet.
With 228,295
box office
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admissions, it is the fifth most attended film by a female director in Turkey from 2004 to 2013.
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Cast
References
External links
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Nazım Hikmet's "Invitation" poem
Film's Trailer
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2007 films
Turkish drama films