Sad Folk Song (Acı Türkü) (translated)

Acı Türkü (Bitter Folk Song) is a black-and-white Turkish film made in 1967, listed as a drama with a sentimental streak. Abdurrahman Palay directed the 94-minute picture from a screenplay by Safa Önal. Berker İnanoğlu produced it for Er Film, with Lale Film involved in the preparation. Nejat Okçugil was the director of photography, İsak Dilmen the editor and Necip Sarıcıoğlu the sound recordist.

Nuri Sesigüzel plays Ahmet, Figen Say plays Leyla and Turgut Özatay plays Enver. Gülgün Erdem appears as the servant Ayşe, İclal Genç as Aunt Fatma and Devlet Devrim as Gönül, while Süheyl Eğriboz, Ahmet Karaca and İhsan Bayraktar play prisoners, Enver Özer a pickpocket and Enver Dönmez a vagrant.

In keeping with the practice of the time, the film was post-dubbed. Director Abdurrahman Palay voices Turgut Özatay, Hayri Esen voices Nuri Sesigüzel, Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voices Figen Say, Altan Karındaş voices Devlet Devrim and Sacide Keskin voices İclal Genç.