---
title: 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nuri Bilge Ceylan'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'
  - 'Turkey'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1827487/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

2011 · 157 min · Drama, Crime · Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey

Original title: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

## Synopsis

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a group of men who search for a dead body on the Anatolian steppe. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 23 September 2011 , premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a co-winner of the Grand Prix.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Ercan Kesal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ercan-kesal), [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan), [Ebru Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ebru-ceylan)
- **Director:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Producer:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Editor:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gökhan Tiryaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/gokhan-tiryaki)

## Cast

- [Murat Kılıç](https://cinepixo.com/people/murat-k-l-c)
- [Fırat Tanış](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-rat-tan-s)
- [Muhammet Uzuner](https://cinepixo.com/people/muhammet-uzuner)
- [Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahmet-mumtaz-taylan)
- [Cansu Demirci](https://cinepixo.com/people/cansu-demirci)
- [Kubilay Tunçer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kubilay-tuncer)
- [Taner Birsel](https://cinepixo.com/people/taner-birsel)
- [Erol Erarslan](https://cinepixo.com/people/erol-erarslan)
- [Mehmet Emin Toprak](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehmet-emin-toprak)
- [Yılmaz Erdoğan](https://cinepixo.com/people/y-lmaz-erdogan)
- [Nihan Okutucu](https://cinepixo.com/people/nihan-okutucu)
- [Ercan Kesal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ercan-kesal)

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