Screening

About Çanakkale 1915

Year Released:

2012

Genres:

Drama

Metadata:

Directed by Yesim Sezgin

Unreleased in the U.S. Filmed in the original geography, the film takes place during World War I’s Gallipoli campaign in 1915. This quasi-documentary tells the story of the unsuccessful attack on the Ottoman Straits by the British Empire and French Forces, with hopes to reach Istanbul. After a nine-month bitter struggle, final remnants of the British forces are forced to retreat . The film is a screen adaptation by Turgut Özakman of his own book titled “The Resurrection” (Dirilis), which shows the conditions and events that soldiers endured in the Gallipoli Theater of War. In Turkish language with English subtitles.(2K DCP presentation)

Special thanks to filmmaker Yesim Sezgin and Fida Film, İstanbul.

WWI: 100 Years Removed As we mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, this multi-semester film series explores the conditions leading up to war, the harsh realities of wartime, and its effects on people and nations around the world. These cinematic reflections offer a chance to revisit the way war and violence were imagined in an earlier age, and also remind us how men and women throughout the globe remain burdened by this problem today. Each film will be introduced by a faculty expert. This film series is presented by the School of Global and International Studies and IU Cinema.