Hook (Kanca) (translated)

The Turkish adventure film Kanca ("Hook") dates from 1986 and was shot in colour on 35 mm. Melih Gülgen directed it, wrote the screenplay, produced it and edited it; the production belongs to Gülgen Film. With Cüneyt Arkın in the lead, the film joins a revenge story to the aftermath of the war in Cyprus.

Major Şahin and Hasan are captured by the enemy while fighting Greek Cypriot forces on Cyprus. After a long period of torture, the two are handed over to Turkey under an agreement, but what they went through has left deep trauma and returning to ordinary life is hard. Then Şahin's son is killed. Taking his fellow sufferer Hasan with him, Şahin sets out to track down his son's killers. Cüneyt Arkın plays Major Şahin, Aytekin Akkaya plays Hasan and Tarık Şimşek plays Yamalı Hüsnü. Nilgün Ersoy, Nebahat Sayın, Kadir Kök, Burak Gülgen, Ali Cağaloğlu and Aydın Haberdar are also in the cast.

The music is by Cahit Berkay and the cinematography is by Ender Turgut and Şener Işık. Nurettin İrişen was assistant director, Şerif Ablak production manager, Doğan Atakan chief lighting technician and Atilla Van sound engineer. Yeni Lale Film handled preparation and dubbing. Toron Karacaoğlu dubbed Cüneyt Arkın and Abdurrahman Palay dubbed Aytekin Akkaya.