Gallipoli (2005) Gelibolu (original title)

Director:

Tolga Örnek

Writer:

Tolga Örnek (story)

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (Turkey)

Genre:

Documentary | War

Tagline:

A film of spectacular visual sweep and great emotional power (DVD)

Plot Keywords:

Turkey The Country | Town Name In Title | Gallipoli | One Word Title | Canakkale

Cast

Sam Neill	...	Narrator (voice)
Zafer Ergin	...	Himself (narrator, Turkish version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Demetri Goritsas	...	Narrator (voice)
Jeremy Irons	...	Narrator

Directed by
Tolga Örnek

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tolga Örnek		story

Produced by
Hamdi Döker	....	producer
Peter Hankwitz	....	producer: Los Angeles
Ismail Çaglar	....	line producer
Burak Örnek	....	producer
Tolga Örnek	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Demir Demirkan

Cinematography by
Volker Tittel

Film Editing by
Maria Zimmermann

Production Design by
Oliver Munck

Costume Design by
Serdar Yilmaz

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leyla Guver Beck	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Nira Bozkurt	....	assistant art director
Serdar Yilmaz	....	set dresser

Special Effects by
Endres Löber	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jennifer Bloomfield	....	digital painter
Cezmi Kardas	....	visual effects
Alper Oktay	....	digital compositor
Merih Oztaylan	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Holger Fleig	....	camera operator
Ercan Yilmaz	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Jan Holzner	....	score recording engineer

Other crew
Lison Salaün	....	press relations
Basak Sayin	....	production assistant (2005)
Feza Toker	....	main researcher

Production Companies

• Ekip Film

Distributors

• 8 Star Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Artkino Pictures (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Too Cool Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinema Epoch (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Dogus Group (2005) (Turkey) (all media)

Special Effects

• Sinefekt (visual effects)

Also Known As:

"Gelibolu" - Turkey (original title)

Runtime:

114 min | Turkey:90 min (original release) | Australia:119 min

Country:

Turkey

Language:

English | Turkish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Turkey

Company:

Ekip Film

This is not a war movie

There is an interesting split in the voting for this movie (at the moment at least). Those who go expecting a documentary are impressed, or at least not disappointed. I anticipate that those giving the film 1 out of 10 are those who expected a war movie or a re-enaction of the invasion of Gallipoli.

So - if you want to see actors, gunfire and gore, this film will not suit you. If you want to see an independent documentary about Gallipoli, without bias towards any one side (the only enemy in these events was the War itself) then you'll come away both impressed and sobered. I found it a very moving film, and even quite liked Captain Guy Nightingale by the end.