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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia -- A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes with a suspect who claims he can’t remember where he buried the body. As night wears on, details about the murder begin to emerge and the investigators’ own hidden secrets come to light.

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Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writers:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ebru Ceylan
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Release Date:
23 September 2011 (Turkey) See more »
Genre:
Crime | Drama See more »
Plot:
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
10 wins & 14 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
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User Reviews:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Muhammet Uzuner ... Doctor Cemal

Yilmaz Erdogan ... Commissar Naci
Taner Birsel ... Prosecutor Nusret

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ... Driver Arab Ali

Firat Tanis ... Suspect Kenan
Ercan Kesal ... Mukhtar
Erol Erarslan ... Murder Victim Yasar
Ugur Aslanoglu ... Courthouse Driver Tevfik
Murat Kiliç ... Police Officer Izzet
Safak Karali ... Courthouse Clerk Abidin
Emre Sen ... Sergeant Onder
Burhan Yildiz ... Suspect Ramazan
Nihan Okutucu ... Yasar's wife Gülnaz
Cansu Demirci ... Mukhtar's Daughter Cemile
Kubilay Tunçer ... Autopsy Technician Sakir
Salih Ünal ... Hospital Cook Hamit
Aziz Izzet Biçici ... Restaurant Owner Kazim
Celal Acaralp ... Pharmacist Saim
Emin Toprak ... Hamam Scrubber (as Mehmet Eren Topçak)
Ufuk Karaali ... Hospital Attendant Sitki
Fevzi Müftüoglu ... 1st Digger Hayrettin
Turgay Kürkçü ... 2nd Digger Ethem
Fatih Ereli ... Gülnaz's son Adem
Hüseyin Bekeç ... 1st Soldier
Mehmet Emin Öztürk ... 2nd Soldier (as Mehmet Öztürk)
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Directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ebru Ceylan 
Nuri Bilge Ceylan 
Ercan Kesal 

Produced by
Murat Akdilek .... co-producer
Eda Arikan .... co-producer
Nuri Bilge Ceylan .... co-producer
Müge Kolat .... co-producer
Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan .... producer
Mirsad Purivatra .... co-producer
Ibrahim Sahin .... co-producer
 
Cinematography by
Gökhan Tiryaki 
 
Film Editing by
Bora Göksingöl 
 
Casting by
Nimet Atasoy 
Selim Ünel 
 
Production Design by
Çagri Erdogan 
 
Art Direction by
Dilek Yapkuöz Ayaztuna 
 
Production Management
Onur Yildiz .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sahin Cetinkaya .... assistant director
Özgür Sevimli .... first assistant director
Alkim Özmen .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Lucien Yang .... movie poster designer
 
Sound Department
Erkan Altinok .... sound designer
François Lepeuple .... foley artist
Thomas Robert .... sound editor
Agce Ulas .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Visual Effects by
Murat Izzet Arslan .... post-production supervisor
Yves Delforge .... visual effects supervisor
Gökçecan Gürsoy .... visual effects artist
Daniel Sanders .... visual effects artist
Sertac Yuksel .... visual effects coordinator
Cem Karaman .... visual effects artist (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mehmet Engin .... second assistant camera
Emre Özel .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Donovan Kosters .... dcp mastering
James C. Norman .... colorist
Bora Suel .... assistant editor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da" - Turkey (original title)
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Runtime:
150 min
Country:
Turkey | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language:
Turkish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:Not Rated | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16
Filming Locations:
Central Anatolia, TurkeySee more »
Company:
ZeynofilmSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Turkey's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012.See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Once the deceased body is discovered you can see the "corpse's" thumb briefly twitch.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2013) (TV)See more »

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24 out of 38 people found the following review useful.
Not to be missed!!!, 22 October 2011
Author: tinuviel_mrv from Turkey

I watched "Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da" just a couple of hours ago and wanted to write a review immediately before the satisfaction it provides fades away. In one word, it's a marvellous film which should not be missed!

The scenery and the images are fantastic. The journey motif makes it the lives that cross one another familiar. And the acting! It totally blew my mind! It seems as if the director is really relating the story of a group of people without ever making his presence felt. It does not feel like you are watching a film at all but from the very first moment you are taken in by the film.

I want to congratulate Nuri Bilge Ceylan and all those contributors in this manner. This was his first film I've ever watched and I'll watch the rest at once without any delay. I already feel like I've lost a lot of my precious time...

Thanks a lot for this cinematographic marvel, people like you make us realise that cinema is in truth an art; one which keeps mesmerising us all...

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