Film

The Enemy

1980 · 2h 5m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

Ismail (Aytac Arman) is the educated Turk who travels to Asia from Istanbul to escape crushing unemployment in this somber social drama. With an ailing mother-in-law, a bitter wife, and a pretty young daughter to support, he takes a job as a dog killer. Ismail is saddened to see young women his daughter's age forced into prostitution. When he returns home to ask his father and brother for an advance on his inheritance, his wife leaves him. The enemy in question refers to unemployment.

Aytaç Arman

Ismail

Güngör Bayrak

Naciye

Ahmet Açan

Lütfü Engin

Hüseyin Kutman

Şevket Altuğ

Abdullah

Muadelet Tibet

Ahmet Sert

Niyazi Vanlı

Sıdıka Duruer

Abdi Algül

Güven Şengil

Nuri

Kamil Sönmez

Rifat

Fehamet Atilla

• Zeki ÖktenDirector · Editor
• Yılmaz GüneyWriter · Producer
• Mevlüt KoçakEditor

Release date

January 2, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Turkish

Runtime

2h 5m

Genres

Drama