Agit (1972) - full transcript

Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder.

Mr. Ramazan

Mr. Ramazan

Mr. Ramazan

Did this man bring us to a wrong place?

Sari Veli knows smuggler's place better
than us.

Rocks are falling.

Mr. Ramazan

l give up, Ramazan. Let's go.

Don't push me. We don't harm you. Use
your mind.

Selamun Aleykum Coban Agha.

Hello, Coban Agha. Your men don't know
us.



We're here for business.

-What business? - There are 4 cans of
stuff.

They must be in lncesu on Friday. We need
to deliver them on time.

Mr. Nizamettin is a respectable trade man.

-Sari Veli told us your place. -Bread money.

-You won't sell us for money? -We worked
long time together.

- Have l ever betrayed you?

- How much will you pay? -l don't know.

-We'll think something. -lf you think, we
won't do it.

-Why is that? - We haven't forgotten the
last time.

lt wasn't my fault. l'm only the commision
trader.

Comission traders sell their father for
money.

100 lira for each of you.

You don't risk your life for 100 lira.



How much do you want?

200 lira each.

And trausers, a shirt, 2 kilo soap, 50
bullets, 10 packs tobacco.

The shirt will be striped.

Agreed. You get what you want at the
delivery of goods.

We get 500 lira in advance.

Mothers, sisters. The basis of our health is
being clean.

ln the water you drink and use, live
harmful micro-organisms.

Typhoid, cholera, polio are contaminated
by water.

By boiling the water we kill the germs.

To dig wells near toilets is very dangerous.
We have to...

. ..be careful about child-care. ln our
country, 162 children. . .

. ..out of 1000 die as sauglings. Children
must be vaccinated.

They say you don't waccinate for measles.
This is wrong.

Thousands of children die because of this
mistake.

Doctor, hurry up. lsmail feel from a tree.

Make way for the doctor.

- What happened? -Villagers are having
fun.

Nobody has fallen. lt's better if they don't
do it.

l'm here for them, they're not aware of it.

They've caught another one. There won't
be anybody left soon.

Use your head. lf there's no man on
mountains...

. ..what will become of our business? Talk
to smuggler Osman.

. .3 cans for them, we share the other one.

Use your head. There are 4 cans, that's a
fortune.

- What about you? - 1 can is enough for
me.

- Where do they pass? -This is a river bed.

Here's Kepez mountain. Most probably
they'll go through here.

You've to kill Cobanoglu with the first
bullet.

- What if we don't benefit? -Are you
scared?

A coward is always hungry. lsmail, over the
hill. Tefik, over here.

Look, you get a chance like that once.

lf we succeed you save your life with your
share.

lf you're still scared, you may go.

lf you're still scared, you may go.

You can't stand Gendarme bullet by this
heat.

- Osman, if l die. - Don't think bad things.

lf we get shot, what will happen to our
shares?

Spread around.

Mehmet Emin, Sivasl.Don't kill them. Let's
catch them alive.

You got it

Cobanoglu, Jackal of fields. Leave the
donkeys.

Don't make me shed blood. l'm the lion of
these mountains.

You jackal.

-Sivasli, back me up.-Alright, brother.

- l'm really worried. - Why? You're fond of
us?

- Aren't we brothers? -Brother like you is fit
for the grave.

-We were surrounded. -By Gendarme?

-You know it better than us.

-Bring him here.

-We were stopped. Who was the cause of
it?

-Sari Veli could do it.

- Sari Veli

-Why do you cry? -. What do you want?

-Cows are in your fields.

-What cow, whose field?

-Wellcome, Coban Agha

Help, they're killing people.

-Sari Veli is your friend. You did business
together.

-We were friends, but we didn't work
together.

Don't lie. We know everything. Aren't you
commision trader for smugglers?

That was in the past. l'm a honorable
trader now.

Honorable, huh?

You'll tell us smugglers' places that you
know.

lf you're helpful, it'll be to you interest.

Really? My interest?

Nothing left on the tree. The owner could
kill us.

Potatoes, make fire.

You know what l think, we should be in my
village.

By the Cam Stream. We should drink cold
water.

Then we'd let you on the pasture. That
would be great fun.

l wouln't mind, if l were there.

l feel uneasy. l have bad dreams. l worry
about my family.

lt's dangerous now. There's a right time for
everything.

- What he family will eat? - Nobody dies of
hunger.

lf they're lucky, when we get a sum of
money...

l hope it won't be too late.

- Gendarme.- Run for your life.

- Wait. Surrender.

Keep the Gendarme away.

-That must be the Gendarme and the
smugglers.

White Pants for sure. Cobanoglu is fighting.

-Shootings are over.- Shooting is none of
my business.

Let them kill each other.

This man is going to die.

That will be our end.

- Where's Mehmet Emin? - He'll fetch the
doctor.

Could the octor be remedy for Gendarme
bullets.

- Who is it? -Open up. Someone is sick.

- Who are you? - A villager.

There's a wounded man. We need a doctor.

- What is it, Ahmet? - A man is wounded.

- ls she the doctor? -What kind of wound?

Wounded by a bullet.

Don't go at night. lt's risky. Look at the
man.

- He'll die, if you don't come. This man
has to live.

- Who is wounded? -Cobanoglu.

-Cobanoglu? -Yes, Cobanoglu.

They're coming

- How is Cobanoglu? -He's about to die.

Boil some water.

Don't blame us we utter your name

Don't think it's a legend We reach to God

We're too many to count.We don't be
finished by killing.

Nobody knows how we are inquiring in the
province

People think we're insane. Our insane is
wiser than sane.

lt's over.

l'm worried about them. Shall we call the
Gendarme?

We'll wait till evening then we call the
Gendarme.

God bless you, sister. You're free to go.

Thank you.

-Won't you take the donkey? - lt's a gift.

l've never seen anything like that.

The man we dreamed of for years was
lying on a straw bed..

. ..with a bullet in his lung, unconscious and
bleeding.

l didn't know what to do. But the look in
the men's eyes.

They believed that l'd save him. That gave
me strength.

lt was my first surgery, on difficult
conditions.

He didn't look like the remarkable man
whom story you're writing.

The Gendarme bullet takes remarkableness
away.

He was a brave man.

No more business for us. The mountains
are cleared of men.

Our last hope is that Cobanoglu gets
caught.

Shut up. l am talking.

l wish l could get Cobanoglu entrapped.
lt'll be to my benefit.

Because Cobanoglu is the last man on
mountains.

You were unconscious for 3 whole days.
We were hopeless.

The Lady Doktor saved you.

Take a breath. Take a deep breath.

-Selamun aleykum. -Aleykumus selam.

- Who's next? -Me.

- You look well today. - l feel fine.

Doktor said, you should rest.

You were alone at home all day long.

l'm worried about him.

They would let us know if anything was
wrong.

- lf they couldn't?-We'll visit him tomorow.

- l finished the story.-What did you name
it?

l'm not sure yet. Maybe 'Cobanoglu' or
'Hor Earth'.

- l'd call it 'Elegy'. -Elegy?

How do l look? ln jail l had pants and high
boots.

When l walked, the earth shook.

lf l hadn't escaped, l'd be free by now,
and with my family.

- Dou you think Cobanoglu would let us go
home?

The doctor is coming.

- She saved your life.- Who is she with?

They live in the same house.

Welcome doctor, welcome brother.

- l'm glad to see you well. - l'm fine thanks
to you.

Don't fear. This old snake is the guard of
our village.

He couldn't go away as we couldn't.

This was our home.

- What's happening?

The rocks will fall down again.

- You like Cobanoglu? - More than my own
life.

-ls Cobanoglu well off?

- What do you mean? - l mean money.

We're starving. We had a job the other
day.

Our share was 200 lira each. Any news
about amnesty?

-What amnesty? - The amnesty.

Once there was a large village here. The
rocks and feud destroyed us.

The graves weren't enough for dead.

Sometimes 3 deaths on 1 day. The rocks
were our enemies.

- You know rock fear? - No, l don't.

One has to live it. Rocks came down like
rain falls.

. Rocks killed my mother. Feud killed father.

- Feud didn't make you fugitive. - How do
you know it?

Everybody around here knows you. l was
14 then.

As a teenager, we were experiencing
exciting days.

Young people told your story and Hatice's
beauty.

- Are you from Balozu?- Yes. l'm hunter
Halil's daughter.

He was good to us. That's why you're so
kind.

- l'm not that kind.- You are. You're very
kind.

You saved my life. You could go to
Gendarme.

l waited till you get well. l have to tell
them.

My duty is to help people. l must respect
the law too.

You're right, we respect the law but to die
is hard.

We're all waiting for the amnesty.

10 years on the mountains we lead a
miserable life.

Being poor, being a sheppard made me
fugitive.

We became the jackal on the mountains.

lf we were considered a human being,
things wouldn't be like this.

Cobanoglu is the most feared smuggler on
the mountains

He can always get away. He's the chief of
White Pants.

You find him either in desolatad village or
in cemetery.

The cemetery?

He had a beloved once, she has died.

l took out Cobanoglu's bullet l'm a doctor.

l'm concerned about people's health, not
about what they are.

l also do my best to help law.

l saw him in the desolated village. His
wound was serious.

Now he must be well. But l don't know
where he is.

.Sivasli missed his family very much.

l suppose the earth is calling him.

- Haven't you slept, Sivasli? -l can't forget
my family.

-God help you.

Sivasli has gone.

The earth called Sivasli. Who was on
guard?

Forgive me, l've fallen asleep. And Sivasli
has gone.

We've entrusted you our lives. Get lost.

You're on your own now.

Wait.

4 packs of tobacco, 2 white 1 green soap,
linen. . .

. ..a rosary, a gun, bracelets and a doll.

They must be around here. This is their
place.

- We searched every place. - Let's wait.
They'll come back.

Don't follow us. How can a man who
sleeps on guard be trusted?

Forgive me. lt won't happen again.l have
never done it before.

l've suddenly fallen asleep. l dreamed
Sivasli going.

lf you follow us, l'll kill you.

Coban Agha forgive me. What can l do by
myself?

l swear l won't do it again.

coban Agha.

Coban Agha. Don't leave me here.

Don't come. Don't.

-Don't come. - l will.

Don't come or l will blow your head.

-l will. Don't come.

l will come. l will come.

You're my family

We have been sharing the same salt and
bread for years.

-You can't leave me alone. - Don't come, l
said.

l will. l will even if you kill me.

l swear l'll shoot you.-You can't, Mehmet
Emin.

-l said, don't come. -l will.

l will. l will.

-Don't come.-l will.

We're waiting in vain. They won't come
back.

Don't talk like that. l hope they do come
back.

Let's wait a little longer. Cobanoglu comes
here for sure.

l beg you, they'll come here. Let's wait till
dark.

Please don't go.

Come on, hurry up. Come here.

What a bad luck.

You watch the Gendarme.

Mehmet Emin, give me a mirror.

- Gendarme is coming thes way.- Keep
them away.

Wait. Don't run away.Surrender.

Don't run. Surrender.

l'm sorry, l came to say goodby. Don't take
me wrong.

l'm not after your beauty.

You're the only person who cared for me.

- Are you leaving?- All my friends are dead.

l can't stay here anymore.

- Where?- l don't know.

l owe you a humble life but l don't have
time to pay it back.

l'm sorry. God bless you.

God is on our side, woman. l'm right, it's
Cobanoglu.

You wait here,l'll call the Gendarme.

God. Our lives are saved.