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The Hero of Nine Mountains
The Hero of Nine Mountains
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THE HERO OF NINE MOUNTAINS

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor

Directed by Metin Erksan
Turkey, 1958
Drama

Synopsis

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.

Synopsis

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.