The Herd

The Herd

1979•1h 57m•7.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(41)

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.

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Production

Güney Film

Language

TR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tarık Akan

Tarık Akan

Şivan

Melike Demirağ

Melike Demirağ

Berivan

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

Hamo Ağa

Levent İnanır

Levent İnanır

Sülo

Yaman Okay

Yaman Okay

Abuzer

Erol Demiröz

Erol Demiröz

Neçirvan

Şener Kökkaya

Şener Kökkaya

Çerçi

Savaş Yurttaş

Savaş Yurttaş

Sıddık

Meral Niron

Meral Niron

Gülten Kaya

Gülten Kaya

Güler Ökten

Güler Ökten

Sıddık'ın eşi

Fehmi Yasar

Ekrem Erkek

Ekrem Erkek

Kadın satıcısı

Gülten Kaya

Gülten Kaya

Hayat kadını

Esen Günay

Esen Günay

Tarık Akan (voice)

Kamran Usluer

Kamran Usluer

Tuncel Kurtiz (voice)

Mustafa Alabora

Mustafa Alabora

Levent İnanır (voice)

Yaman Okay

Yaman Okay

Erol Demiröz (voice)

Rıza Pekkutsal

Rıza Pekkutsal

Şener Kökkaya (voice)

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