The Mule Drivers (Katırcılar) (translated)

Şerif Gören directed Katırcılar ("The Mule Drivers"), a Turkish film made in 1987. Classed as drama and adventure, it is also labeled emotional and psychological in some listings. It runs 86 minutes, was shot in color on 35 mm and was made by Uzman Film. Filming took place in Bingöl, and snow, blizzards and mountain scenery shape its atmosphere.

The story is built on a winter journey through the snow by three villagers, four soldiers and a female journalist. Smuggling, mules and the gendarmerie figure in it, and key elements include getting caught and dying as a martyr. The story is adapted from a work by Fuat Çelik. Kadir İnanır plays Rüstem, Ayşegül Aldinç plays Ayşegül, Necmettin Çobanoğlu plays Ramazan, Halil Ergün plays Abdurrahman and Bülent Bilgiç plays Sergeant Gürcan. The cast also includes Mehmet Esen, Raci Kiper, Günay Güner, Ali Tutal and İrfan Tatan; the screenwriter Eyüp Halit Türkyazıcı also appears.

Hüseyin Kuzu and Eyüp Halit Türkyazıcı wrote the screenplay together, and Kadir Turgut and Ferit Turgut produced. The music is by Bora Ayanoğlu, the cinematography by Erdal Kahraman and the editing by Veli Akbaşlı. The film is dubbed, with Levent Dönmez voicing Necmettin Çobanoğlu and Ayşin Atav voicing Ayşegül Aldinç.