Memed My Hawk / Memed - Moj sokole
Yugoslavia, UK , 1984

Directed by: Peter Ustinov
Script: Peter Ustinov
Producer: Fuad Kavur
Production company: Jadran Film, Ustinov Productions
Cinematography: Freddie Francis
Editing: Peter Honess
Music: Fuad Kavur
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Simon Dutton, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick, Leonie Mellinger, Relja Bašiæ, Edward Burnham

Format: boja, color, video
Running time: 105'

Synopsis
In a remote village in 1920s Turkey, a young man named Memed turns outlaw to combat the policies of a corrupt local governor. But when Memed's girlfriend, who had been pledged to marry the ruler's nephew, is charged with her would-be husband's murder, Memed must launch a daring scheme to save her. Based on a popular novel by Turkish author Yashar Kemal.

Directors Biography
Peter Ustinov is born April 1921 in London, died March 2004 (aged 82) in Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland. By his mid-20s, this burly, multi-faceted talent had achieved considerable success in both theater and cinema directing, writing and acting in cultivated, witty comedies. He won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars, for his clown in Spartacus (1960) and his engaging con man in Topkapi (1964). Ustinov has also earned critical praise for his directorial efforts (which he also produced, starred in and wrote): Romanoff and Juliet (1962), a biting Cold War satire based on his own play, the bracing Billy Budd (1962) and the Faust-inspired Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton vehicle Hammersmith Is Out (1972). The spotlight fell on Ustinov as a personality, too.

Location and screening schedule: BUG cinema &TD, Friday, October 24th at 23.00