Istanbul 60 years old

documentary short

All of Pialat's Turkish films are uniquely interested in the country — especially Istanbul — as it was, not just as it is at the precise moment that Pialat is filming it. History informs these films in a big way, with the voiceover narration (which incorporates excerpts from various authors) introducing tension between the images of the modern-day city and the descriptions of incidents from its long and rich history. Istanbul is probably the most conventional documentary of Pialat's Turkish series, providing a general profile of the titular city, its different neighborhoods, and the different cultures and ways of living that coexist within its sprawling borders. As the other films in the series also suggest, Pialat sees Turkey, and Istanbul in particular, as a junction point between Europe and the East, between the old and the new, between history and modernity.

Credits

Istanbul Cast

Name	Character
Pierre Asso He was 59, 70 years old when he died	as Narrator

Istanbul Crew

Name	Department
Samy Halfon as Producer.	Production
Willy Kurant as Cinematography. He was 29 (now 90) years old	Crew
Maurice Pialat as Director. He was 38 (77) years old when He died	Directing