--- product_id: 10286223 title: "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" price: "5 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/10286223-once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Once Upon a Time in Anatolia **Price:** 5 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - **How much does it cost?** 5 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/10286223-once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Winner of the Grand Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is the new film from the celebrated director of Climates and Distant. In the dead of night, a group of men among them, a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect-drive through the Anatolian countryside, the serpentine roads and rolling hills lit only by the headlights of their cars. They are searching for a corpse, the victim of a brutal murder. The suspect, who claims he was drunk, can't remember where he buried the body. As night wears on, details about the murder emerge and the investigators' own secrets come to light. In the Anatolian steppes nothing is what it seems; and when the body is found, the real questions begin. Review "Anatolia is a cop movie and a road movie - but mostly it s GORGEOUS CINEMA." --Andrew O Hehir, Salon"A masterpiece. A police procedural that slowly gains the quality of a collective dream." --New York Magazine"Ravishingly atmospheric. A meditative masterpiece of a policier." --Ella Taylor, NPR Review: OUTSTANDING MOVIE - This movie, like every movie from N.B. is absolutely incredible. Go watch it. Extra content is also good, very good product. Review: a new level of height in movie making - Two and a half hours long, it better be good--I said to my dad, who recommended "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia". I expect all movies I watch to be like Lincoln or Gravity. So I watched Anatolia last night and I simply couldn't go to sleep until I finished watching it way past midnight. It was that enthralling. The movie begins against the gray backdrop of the Anatolian steppes and the bright orange headlights of cars meandering down a narrow road. The police have captured a murder suspect, who is trying to lead them to a body. When the sky turns pitch black and the suspect has problems identifying the location, the confusion leads to tragicomedic scenes and taut plot development begins in unexpected ways. Every scene pulls in the viewer deeper and deeper into the story, along with a side-story, to knot the interest. I was tempted to correct some of the subtitles, but all in all the translation is very good. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B007FEHA0C | | Actors | Muhammet Uzuner, Taner Birsel, Yilmaz Erdogan | | Best Sellers Rank | #153,488 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #22,914 in Drama DVDs | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (202) | | Director | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | | Item model number | CIGU126DVD | | MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) | | Media Format | Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | | Release date | June 26, 2012 | | Run time | 2 hours and 30 minutes | | Studio | Cinema Guild | | Subtitles: | English | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** Muhammet Uzuner, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Taner Birsel, Yilmaz Erdogan - **Format:** Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen - **Genre:** Drama - **Language:** Turkish - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 30 minutes ## Images ![Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71yKrxxj9GL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ OUTSTANDING MOVIE *by A***R on June 16, 2025* This movie, like every movie from N.B. is absolutely incredible. Go watch it. Extra content is also good, very good product. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a new level of height in movie making *by E***N on July 15, 2014* Two and a half hours long, it better be good--I said to my dad, who recommended "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia". I expect all movies I watch to be like Lincoln or Gravity. So I watched Anatolia last night and I simply couldn't go to sleep until I finished watching it way past midnight. It was that enthralling. The movie begins against the gray backdrop of the Anatolian steppes and the bright orange headlights of cars meandering down a narrow road. The police have captured a murder suspect, who is trying to lead them to a body. When the sky turns pitch black and the suspect has problems identifying the location, the confusion leads to tragicomedic scenes and taut plot development begins in unexpected ways. Every scene pulls in the viewer deeper and deeper into the story, along with a side-story, to knot the interest. I was tempted to correct some of the subtitles, but all in all the translation is very good. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A beautiful, deliberate meditation on crime, relationships, and truth *by D***N on April 16, 2012* [This is a review of the film, not the Blu-Ray itself, which has not yet been released.] A beautifully shot, deliberately paced existentialist meditation on crime, relationships, and truth. Shot mostly in gorgeous long takes that take full advantage of the widescreen aspect ratio, the film requires (and rewards) patient viewing. The first half of the film, in which a late-night caravan of law enforcement officials drive two murder suspects to a series of nearly identical rural wells, looking for the location of a buried body, is brilliant. It echoes Waiting for Godot, as the seemingly endless search for the body fades into the background, and the focus turns to conversations about personal problems, petty bureaucracy, differing values, and the meaning of life. As the film continues, different members of the caravan wax and wane in importance, each offering a different perspective on life and one's place in the world. The final act of the film -- which occurs back in town the following day -- drags a bit, but contains powerful revelations. Despite it's subtle metaphysical explorations, this film is also a highly realistic police procedural. It is very faint praise to say that this film is the anti-CSI, but it's cynical views of truth and justice contrast starkly with TV procedurals. A vain prosecutor basks in his role and makes up facts for convenience, no one has remembered to bring a body bag (or a hearse) for the corpse, the gendarmes are more concerned about where municipal boundaries fall than anything else, a critical medical discovery is fudged, there are rumors the murder victim has been seen alive in neighboring towns, and nothing is wrapped up in an hour, let alone 150 minutes... This is a film for patient viewers who enjoy the liesurely-paced works of Malick, von Trier, Kiarostami, Tarkovsky or other auteurs of so-called Contemporary Contemplative Cinema. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/10286223-once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/10286223-once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*