In this biographical drama, the Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz (Tarik Akan) is forced to go into internal exile after World War Two, because the government suspects him of being a communist. Most of the movie follows him while he is on the lam, and during his reunion with his wife, who grows testy from the restrictions that hiding him impose on her. Eventually he turns himself in, and while in prison, suffers some torture. All the same, he endures with the flame of his spirit undiminished.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Tarık AkanMustafa Ural | Mustafa Ural |
 Bülent BilgiçAsteğmen İlhan Paytak | Asteğmen İlhan Paytak |
 Nurseli İdizŞükran Ural | Şükran Ural |
 Menderes SamancılarBurhan Morkaya | Burhan Morkaya |
 Gökhan MeteNevzat | Nevzat |
 Erol GünaydınPolis Basri | Polis Basri |
 İsmail Hakkı ŞenAgop | Agop |
 Şükrü TürenNihat | Nihat |
 Hikmet KaragözNot listed | Not listed |
 Kemal İnciKemal Bakırcı | Kemal Bakırcı |
 Nevin AyparNihat'ın halası | Nihat'ın halası |
 Gülsen TuncerNot listed | Not listed |
 Necati BilgiçPolis | Polis |
| ÖÖmer ÇolakoğluCengiz | Cengiz |
 Yaman TüzcetNot listed | Not listed |
| CCengiz KorucuNot listed | Not listed |
| YYılmaz UyarNot listed | Not listed |
 Deniz KurdoğluNot listed | Not listed |
 Ayşe ErbulakNot listed | Not listed |
| OOktay GüzeloğluNot listed | Not listed |
 Erol ŞenNot listed | Not listed |
| EEda HaviNot listed | Not listed |
 Ali ÇobanNot listed | Not listed |
 Mustafa AlaboraMustafa Ural (voice) | Mustafa Ural (voice) |