Kanal (1979)

6.3/10 78 min Drama

Overview

Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.

Cast

Tarık Akan

Kaymakam

Meral Orhonsay

Doktor Zeynep

Kamran Usluer

Haşim Ağa

Tuncel Kurtiz

Abuzer Dayı

Ali Demir

Katip Tahsin

Menderes Samancılar

Ahmet

Yılmaz Kurt

Yusuf Çetin

Necmettin Çobanoğlu

Ayşin Atav

Meral Orhonsay (voice)

Yaman Okay

Tuncel Kurtiz (voice)

Saltuk Kaplangı

Yılmaz Kurt (voice)

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