Winter Sleep - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Winter Sleep"
Kış Uykusu (2014)
Timing:
3:16 (196 min)
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Actors and characters
Serhat Kılıç
Character İmam Hamdi
Nadir Sarıbacak
Character Levent
Emirhan Doruktutan
Character İlyas
Ekrem İlhan
Character Ekrem
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was inspired by the stories of Anton Chekhov – "The Wife" and "Good People," as well as works by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Voltaire.
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan said that over 200 hours of footage was shot for the film, and its initial version was 4 hours and 30 minutes long. But it was eventually cut down to 3 hours and 15 minutes.
- Haluk Bilginer refused the role three times due to his busy theater schedule. But in the end, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan insisted that the shooting schedule be planned around Bilginer's availability.
- The film's winning of the Palme d'Or coincided with the centennial of Turkish cinema.
- The film's screenplay consists of 285 pages.
- The name of the main character, Ayden, means "thinking person" in Turkish.
- This is the second Turkish film to win the Palme d'Or. The first was "Road" (1982).
- It took 6 months to write the screenplay.
- The paintings by Ilya Glazunov, which he created for the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, "Netochka Nezvanova," served as a source of inspiration when creating the film's poster. Incidentally, the corresponding painting can be seen in Nihal's room.
- The stories of Anton Chekhov – “The Wife” and “Good People” – as well as works by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Voltaire served as inspiration for the film.
- This is the second Turkish film to win the Palme d'Or. The first was "Yol" (1982).
- Paintings by Ilya Glazunov, which he created for Fyodor Dostoevsky’s first novel, “Netochka Nezvanova,” served as inspiration for the film’s poster. Incidentally, the corresponding painting can be seen in Nihal’s room.
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