Watchmen of Dawn (1963)

Drama,Romance | 120 min

IMDB :

7/10

Movie Info

Directors : Halit Refig
Writers : Halit Refig • Bülent Oran
Languages : Turkish
Original Title : Safak bekcileri
countries : Turkey
Languages : Turkish
Genres : Drama,Romance
IMDB Url : (tt0286027)
Release Date : 1963-01-01

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Movie Crew

Directing :
- Halit Refiğ (Director)
Writing :
- Halit Refiğ (Screenplay)
- Bülent Oran (Dialogue)
- Sadık Şendil (Dialogue)
- Bülent Oran (Writer)
- Halit Refig (Writer)
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Editing :
- Metin Miroglu (Editor)
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Crew :
- Kenan Kurt (Cinematography)

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Movie Story

Watchmen of the Dawn is about the lives of pilots in the Turkish air force based in the mid-Anatolian town Eskisehir. The lives of these pilots are full of danger. Göksel (literally means the ethereal) is a young pilot with Faruk as his best friend and Aydan, a female lieutenant in the air base, as his platonic love interest. After his plane crashes, Göksel takes a 15-day leave of absence and visits his parents in Istanbul. There he meets a young girl named Zeynep. After a short romance, Göksel goes back to the air base in Eskisehir. The air base also acts as a school for the poor soldiers serving their compulsory military conscription. The presence of the officers disturb local politicians and especially Kadir Aga, the owner of most of the farming land and the people who live on it. The hatred is mutual. The officers hate Kadir Aga as well and fly over his farm to disturb him frequently. One day during a routine flight, Göksel parachutes and falls on a tree on Kadir Aga’s land. Aga’s…