The Herd(1978)

movie - first aired/released 1978-09-27 - 117 min - audience 7.5

Drama

Directed by Zeki Ökten

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.