The Long Way Home (2013)
Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling survival yarn, the superb debut feature of Alphan Eşeli. Starting out with three characters – a refugee mother and daughter and their grizzled guide – the film traces their daunting trek across this barren terrain to safety, with the Russians encroaching and other stragglers, including a pair of wounded, frostbitten Ottoman soldiers, all orbiting the same burnt-out village they find in their path. Puncturing its aura of ghostly impasse with some shocking narrative reversals, and constantly prickling with the mutual dread of strangers in gruelling extremes, the movie stakes out hugely credible ground next to established Eastern Front war classics (In the Fog, Come and See) while remaining thoroughly its own beast. (Source: LFF programme)
Cast
- Uğur Polat - Saci Efendi
- Nergis Öztürk - Gül Hanım
- Serdar Orçin - Onbaşı Sami
- Muharrem Bayrak - Çoban Ali
- Şevket Süha Tezel - Er Mahmut
- Sıla Çetindağ - Zeynep
- Miray Akay - Nihan
- Şebnem Hassanisoughi - Ayşegül
- Bora Altaş - Kemal
Screenplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Long Way Home about?
- Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling survival yarn, the superb debut feature of Alphan Eşeli. Starting out with three characters – a refugee mother and daughter and their grizzled guide – the film traces their daunting trek across this barren terrain to safety, with the Russians encroaching and other stragglers, including a pair of wounded, frostbitten Ottoman soldiers, all orbiting the same burnt-out village they find in their path. Puncturing its aura of ghostly impasse with some shocking narrative reversals, and constantly prickling with the mutual dread of strangers in gruelling extremes, the movie stakes out hugely credible ground next to established Eastern Front war classics (In the Fog, Come and See) while remaining thoroughly its own beast. (Source: LFF programme)
- Who directed The Long Way Home?
- The Long Way Home was directed by Alphan Eşeli.
- Who stars in The Long Way Home?
- The Long Way Home stars Uğur Polat, Nergis Öztürk, Serdar Orçin, Muharrem Bayrak, Şevket Süha Tezel, Sıla Çetindağ.
- How long is The Long Way Home?
- The Long Way Home has a runtime of 1h 52m (112 minutes).
- What genre is The Long Way Home?
- The Long Way Home is a War, Drama, History film.
- Where was The Long Way Home produced?
- The Long Way Home was produced in Turkey.