Memduh Ün
Directing
Biography
Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor. He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education. Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life. In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film. In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran. He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department. Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated. IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin
Known For
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Altın Koza
When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.
Lionman
The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him.
Kaçak
The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu (literally "son of the blind man") as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers, defending his clan or tribe.
Köroğlu
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Yeniden Doğmak
Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.
The Legend of Battal Gazi
Sevtap and Adem, the postman in the neighborhood, are in love with each other. Sevtap remained single until the age of 30 because no one liked her, so she is still a virgin and has settled for Adem. However, there is someone who opposes this love, her older brother Latif, who was raised in German culture but can be described as a complete fool. One day, Sevtap and Adem send a telegram from Sevtap's father's mouth to convince him to accept the situation. After this telegram, wedding preparations begin. However, during this time, Latif returns permanently from Germany to Turkey, and the truth about the couple is revealed. Latif opposes the marriage at any cost, even if it means harming Adem. Later, despite his reservations, he accepts the marriage and fulfills Adem's every request.
The Postman
The film depicts the depression experienced by Faruk after being abandoned by his girlfriend. When Faruk is abandoned by his girlfriend Şermin, he falls into a deep sense of loneliness. He is unable to focus on his business for a long time. He decides to leave everything behind and go to London. Faruk's business partner Samim will devise a plan to dissuade him from this decision.
Bir Tanem
The film tells the story of police officer Ahmet's struggle with Sungur. Sungur has taken control of the drug, smuggling, and gambling markets in Istanbul. He controls the trade as he pleases. Sungur is also behind the increasing number of murders in the city. Fearing that Ahmet will disrupt his operations, Sungur plays a trick on him. As a result of this trick, Ahmet is dismissed from his job, and his mother goes mad. However, none of this will deter Ahmet.
Kanun Gücü
Cellat, the Turkish version of Death Wish, sticks fairly close plot wise to the template of the American film, with some scenes and bits of dialogue being almost identical. However, it also deviates from its inspiration at times and is at its most interesting and valuable in these little moments, providing lurid snapshots of a place and a culture.
The Executioner
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar gets baffled at the sly tricks Zübük played on his village people. In the end, he feels sorry about Zübük's present situation, however, as things happen he becomes aware that Zübük has been tricking him.
Zübük
One of the most important legendary love stories that has survived from history to the present day, the film adaptation of the story of Kerem and Aslı tells the passionate and touching love story of these two lovers. In this epic tale, Kerem and Aslı, who are caught up in the most tragic form of impossible love, are unable to be together due to various factors. The deadly physical and emotional pain they endure afterward is so intense that even death seems like a form of salvation. The famous folk tale of Kerem and Aslı is one of the rarely adapted sources in literature and cinema. The heart-wrenching film is highly valuable both in this sense and due to its realistic performances and intricate screenplay.
Kerem ile Aslı
Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Taxi driver Mehmet and shop attendant Sibel is preparing for marriage. The taxi's owner is the father of İbrahim, Mehmet's close friend who is secretly in love with Sibel. After his father passes away, he starts living a rich life from his fathers heritage. A love triangle begins to fold between Mehmet, İbrahim and Sibel.
Taxi Driver
Şaban is a poor man. In Germany, where Şaban went as a worker, tragicomic events happen.
Expat Şaban
The film tells the story of two old friends, Ahmet and Kemal, who work together to solve a murder. Ahmet, nicknamed "Baba," makes a living as an accountant. His son Ali, who works as a laborer at the same factory, is a union member. The factory manager pressures Ahmet to convince his son to leave the union. During a strike that breaks out at the factory, Ali is killed. Ahmet seeks help from Kemal, a businessman and his army buddy, to find his son's killer. Throughout this process, both Kemal and Ahmet begin to question their own lives.
Darbe
Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises and takes care of the girl like the baby's father.
Poor
Greek Spies are trying to give bad image about turkey, Metin a young police man who decides to go rogue and achieve justice after the murder of his partner and his family on the hands of Greek spies.
İnsan Avcısı
Turkish spy Golden Boy takes a London vacation while, back in Istanbul, baddies are running rampant shooting people and thwarted secret messages with wild abandon. Turns out this mayhem is all the handiwork of a nefarious, Blofeld-esque bad baddie (Günbay) who enjoys petting a white kitty cat when he isn't plotting to blow up Turkey with a atomic bomb. Can our Golden Boy stop it in time when he isn't distracted by all the belly dancers and extended fist fights?
Golden Boy
The story of a young man who loves crime fiction books, and the daugher of a mafia leader.