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The Broken Landlord

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The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everything starts to go bad for the Agha. Due to the long drought and provocations of Kekec Salman (big brother of Kiraz), the peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. Without the peasants and crops, Agha is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul. But he cannot keep up with the big city life and consumes all his money and belongings. Agha's wife and relatives leave him during this downfall.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1985-04-07

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Nesli Çölgeçen

Writer: Yavuz Turgul

Spoken language: Türkçe

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Original title: The Broken Landlord

Production Companies: Mine Film

Production Countries: Turkey

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