---
title: 'Memed My Hawk (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Ustinov'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/memed-my-hawk-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087706/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Memed My Hawk (1984)

1984 · 110 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Memed, My Hawk is a 1984 British-Yugoslav drama film directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley and Michael Elphick. It is an adaptation of the 1955 Turkish novel Memed, My Hawk, the debut novel of Yaşar Kemal, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Memed, My Hawk was produced in Yugoslavia following the Turkish government's refusal of permission to film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Manos Hatzidakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/manos-hatzidakis)
- **Producer:** [Fuad Kavur](https://cinepixo.com/people/fuad-kavur)
- **Director of Photography:** [Freddie Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-francis)
- **Editor:** [Peter Honess](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-honess)

## Cast

- [Denis Quilley](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-quilley)
- [Barry Dennen](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-dennen)
- [Marne Maitland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marne-maitland)
- [Siobhán McKenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/siobhan-mckenna)
- [Phil Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-rose)
- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom)
- [Michael Elphick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-elphick)
- [Clive Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-swift)
- [Ernest Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-clark)
- [Relja Bašić](https://cinepixo.com/people/relja-basic)
- [Rosalie Crutchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalie-crutchley)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)
- [T. P. McKenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-p-mckenna)
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- [Michael Gough](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gough)

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