Dağ

The Mountain (Dağ)

Movie · 2012 · 6 people

Dağ ("The Mountain"), also known as Forgotten Soldiers, is a Turkish adventure, drama and war film about two soldiers fighting to survive. Produced by Mars Entertainment Group, it was released on 16 November 2012 and runs 90 minutes; its tagline is "Bir Ölür Bin Dirilir" ("one dies, a thousand rise").

Oğuz (Çağlar Ertuğrul) is from Istanbul and, despite being able to pay for exemption, chooses short-term service out of principle. Bekir (Ufuk Bayraktar) is a long-term private who cannot get along with soldiers or commanders, and whose service has been extended by punishments. Constantly at odds, the two are in a team sent from the unit to repair a communications antenna. The team falls into an ambush and only the two of them survive, left with two rifles, four magazines and a broken radio in harsh weather. The cast also includes Fırat Doğruloğlu, Mesut Akusta, Cengiz Coşkun, İpek Bağrıaçık and Özgürcan Çevik.

Alper Çağlar wrote and directed, and Mehmet Başbaran was the cinematographer and Pinema distributed it. One reviewer argued the film relies on a formula that stirs the audience's nationalist feelings.

DirectorAlper Çağlar
Production companyMars Entertainment Group
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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Two soldiers, two rifles, four magazines and a broken radio. It's hard to find a tighter set-up for survival tension. At 90 minutes, it's also short enough to keep the pace from slipping. The forced partnership of the constantly bickering Oğuz and Bekir keeps things alive between the firefights. The one catch: as a critic also argued, the film leans hard on nationalist feeling, and if you're just here for the tension some moments may feel overloaded.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The most interesting thing about The Mountain lies in the gap between its two soldiers: Oğuz from Istanbul, who on principle chose regular short-term service even though the paid option was open to him, and Bekir, a long-term private whose service has been extended by the punishments he keeps getting. The contrast hints at how many different lives and choices can sit under the same uniform. Yet rather than deepening that contrast, the film turns towards the struggle to survive and patriotic feeling. That one critic read it as a plot built to stir viewers' nationalist sentiments also shows how the film was received in the climate of 2012.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

The survival story of two soldiers who are the only ones to come through an ambush. It is a war film with combat and death, so it is not suitable for young children. Teenagers can watch it with an adult. The bickering between the two soldiers gives some breathing room. Still, the subject is heavy; it is not the right pick for a light family evening.

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