---
title: 'The Mine (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yavuz Özkan'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
countries:
  - 'Turkey'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mine-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183459/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mine (1978)

1978 · 90 min · Turkey

Original title: Maden

## Synopsis

The Mine is a 1978 Turkish film starring Cüneyt Arkın, Tarık Akan and Hale Soygazi, and directed by Yavuz Özkan. It is about a group of miners who decide to strike against a greedy mining company to demand better working conditions. The film is from the wave of political films in Turkey during the 1970s and actually represents one of the highest points of activism in the Turkish cinema as the Turkish left was in its peak point too.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yavuz Özkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yavuz-ozkan)
- **Screenplay:** [Yavuz Özkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yavuz-ozkan)
- **Producer:** [Yavuz Özkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yavuz-ozkan)

## Cast

- [Hale Soygazi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hale-soygazi)
- [Cüneyt Arkın](https://cinepixo.com/people/cuneyt-ark-n)
- [Tarık Akan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tar-k-akan)

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