The Herd backdrop

The Herd 1979 Sürü

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.

Country Turkey
Production Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Spoken Languages Kurdish , Turkish
Gnere Drama
Production Company Güney Film
Release Date 1 February 1979
117 mins
Cast
Tarık Akan Şivan
Tuncel Kurtiz Hamo Ağa
Yaman Okay Abuzer
Erol Demiröz Neçirvan
Güler Ökten Sıddık'ın eşi
Ekrem Erkek Kadın satıcısı
Gülten Kaya Hayat kadını
Esen Günay Tarık Akan (voice)
Kamran Usluer Tuncel Kurtiz (voice)
Mustafa Alabora Levent İnanır (voice)
Yaman Okay Erol Demiröz (voice)
Rıza Pekkutsal Şener Kökkaya (voice)