The Guard

The Guard — Plot

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

• Release date
• January 13, 1985
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Ali Özgentürk

The Guard — Cast

Müjdat Gezen Murtaza Güler Ökten Murtaza'nın Karısı Halil Ergün Müdür Macit Koper Palavracı Tefo Menderes Samancılar 1. işçi İhsan Yüce Azgın Orhan Çağman İbrahim Usta Ferda Ferdağ Akile Hala