Summaries

Tamilla is a 1927 film written by Maria Moraf and directed by Muhsin Ertugrul. The screenplay was adapted from Ferdinand Duchêne's work of the same name. It is one of the two films Muhsin Ertugrul made while working at the Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration (VUFKU) in Kiev. It was premiered in Turkey 92 years later with a special screening at the 56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.—yusufpiskin

It is a screening of Ferdinand Duchêne's novel of the same name. The story is set in one of the French colonies in Northern Africa. When Tamilla was still a child, her father sold her to an old merchandise Lakhrash. However, when she grew up, he gives her as a wife to the Bedouin named Akli, and gets a high bride-price for her again. Old Lakhrash returns home from a distant journey and insists that Tamilla be given to him as it is fair. To pay off the old merchant, Tamilla begs her husband to give her money. When Akli, advised by his sister, takes a second wife, insulted Tamilla takes her child and returns to her family. And her father sells her to Lakhrash again. Lakhrash kills Tamilla's child and accuses her of the crime... Many years on, Tamilla, an old woman, is released from prison. No one needs her. Desperate Tamilla commits a suicide. The film has survived without the sixth part. Five parts of the film are stored at the Cinema Fund of the National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • injustice
  • dead child
  • muslim woman
  • women's rights
  • sold into marriage
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 30, 1928
Countries of origin Soviet Union
Official sites VUFKU VUFKU
Language Russian Arabic None
Production companies Odeska Kinofabryka Vseukrainske Foto Kino Upravlinnia (VUFKU)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 5m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Silent
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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