The Prisoner (Mahkûm) (translated)

Osman F. Seden wrote, directed and produced Mahkûm ("Prisoner"), a 1972 Turkish drama that reached cinemas on 1 May 1973. In colour, it stars Cüneyt Arkın and Hale Soygazi. It is a drama of family and justice about how an illness, a betrayal and a prison sentence set a father and his son against each other.

At its centre is Kemal Erkan (Cüneyt Arkın), an ordinary man happy with his family, whose life changes when his wife Zeynep (Hale Soygazi) is diagnosed with cancer and doctors give her only two months. Kemal sends Zeynep abroad for treatment, and during their separation he turns to another woman and marries her. When that second marriage is shaken by betrayal he cannot control his anger, strikes his wife and goes to prison. Years later, on his release, he learns that his son Metin has become a prosecutor. A murder brings them face to face on opposite sides of the law. Seyyal Taner (Lamia), Nalan Çöl (Güner), Kerem Bozbay (adult Metin) and Kahraman Kıral (young Metin) are also in the cast.

The cinematographer was Memduh Yükman, and the production company was Kemal Film. Most roles were dubbed afterwards by other voice actors; Sadettin Erbil voices Cüneyt Arkın, for example, and Nevin Akkaya voices Hale Soygazi.