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(Synopsis)
The movie opens with a true story of real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 of 11 allied Turkish special forces soldiers and 13 civilians by the U.S. commander of the 173rd Airborne, Colonel William C. Mayville [2] (Sam William Marshall, (played by American actor Billy Zane)) in the northern Iraqi town of Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish soldiers suppose that this an ordinary visit from their NATO allies. But this time it is different. This arrest is infamous in Turkey as the so-called "Hood event". The soldiers were led out of their headquarters at gunpoint, with hoods over their heads and subsequently detained for sixty hours before being released. This was the first time such an incident had ever taken place between the two NATO allies. Though neither side ever apologized, the Bush administration was late to fully appreciate the damage it caused to bilateral relations. Donald Rumsfeld later issued a statement of regret for the detention, but many Turks took great offense at the incident.
One of the Turkish officers, unable to bear the shame of the hooding, commits suicide. In the film, one of the special forces troops, Suleyman Aslan is so humiliated by the shame of the hooding that he commits suicide after writing a letter to his friend, Polat Alemdar.
Alemdar is a former Turkish intelligence agent who has recently severed links to the government agency for which he worked. Determined to avenge his friend's humiliation, Alemdar travels to Iraq along with several of his colleagues to seek vengeance on the American commander whose actions led to Aslan's suicide.
Director
Sadullah Sentürk
Serdar Akar
Script
Bahadir Ozdener
Omer Lutfi Mete
Raci Sasmaz
Soner Yalcin
Producer
Hasan Kacan
Mehmet Canpolat
Raci Sasmaz
Zobeyr Sasmaz
Cast
Abdurrahman Ozturk
Asli Firtina
Atilla Mahmut Oyucu
Atilla Ozat
Atwani Larbi
Baris Sariucak
Berguzar Korel
Bertan Dobada
Billy Zane
Bugra Koctepe
Burak Kalkavan
Burak Zereyalp
Burhan Duran
Caner Kurtaran
Diego Serrano
Ebru Basman
Egemen Yavuz
Erhan Ufak
Erkal Ozagi
Esra Ozpinar
Ferdi Alver
Ferit Ulas
Firat Cem Kantarci
Firat Kaan Yurdakul
Funda Mete
Gary Busey
Ghassan Massoud
Gokhan Simsek
GOzde Ozkucuk
Gurkan Uygun
Haluk COmert
Huseyin Aksen
Ismet Hurmuzlu
Jihad Abdou
Kartal Karakus
Kemal Ozdemir
Kenan Coban
Mauro Martino
Mehmet Celebi
Mine Erkmen
Muhammet Ali Tuncer
Muhittin Kayaoglu
Murat Ozben
Mustafa Kirik
Necati Sasmaz
Nusret Senay
Omer Oyucu
Onder Ozcan
Onder Yilmaz
Osman Sonant
Perihan Ozat
Pinar Akin
Saliha Kara
Serdar Aydin
Serdar Bilal
Serhan Ernak
Serkan Cetinkaya
Spencer Garrett
Suat Ergin
Tayfun Eraslan
Tito Ortiz
Tolga Tuncer
Turgut Bagir
Turgut Keles
Umut Ugur
Yavuz Imsel
Ziver Ciftci
Ziya Humar
Publisher : Bonzai
Audio : Turkish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : English
Running Time : 117mins
Release Year : 2006
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