İzzet Günay
Acting
Biography
İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor. He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades. Günay studied at Haydarpaşa High School and Deniz High School. He worked at the İstanbul Municipal Public Works department and then in the lignite business. Günay answered a casting call in a newspaper and ended up being cast in Haldun Dormen's play Kara Ağaçlar Altında. He then appeared in several other plays such as Sokak Kızı İrma, and Pasifik Şarkısı Zafer Madalyası. In 1959, Günay made his film debut in the Kemal Film production Kırık Plak as Zeki Müren's driver. After a number of small roles, he landed the main role in Varan Bir. For a short time, he had a musical career in classical music. He won the Best Actor award at the Antalya Golden Orange Festival for his role in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür in 1964.
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Golden Butterfly Awards
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years.
Persona
A star-crossed romance seals the fate of two families when a woman trying to save her family restaurant falls for the surly heir of a debt collector.
To Love, To Lose
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Altın Koza
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Aşka Sürgün
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Siyaset Meydanı
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Yadigar
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Yeşilçam Denizi
Two brothers meet again after many years.
Namus Kanla Yazılır
Throughout his impressive acting career, Haldun Dormen inspired and encouraged his theater students to work hard and follow their dreams.
You Can Do It, My Dear!
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
Hüseyin goes to a bar to have a drink. There is no one else inside except for a drunk customer. A mysterious man arrives shortly after, looking for a woman with green eyes and a straw hat. Before Hüseyin has a chance to say that there is no such person, the drunk customer pulls out a gun and shoots the man. Hüseyin suddenly finds himself in the middle of a murder case. Later that night, when he goes outside, he happens to come across the woman described. Her name is Perihan. At first, she denies the allegations. However, when she learns that the incident has been reported to the police, she is forced to tell the truth. Perihan is cheating on her husband. A enemy who finds out about this blackmails her. The woman, trying to escape, finds herself involved in a series of crimes, from theft to murder.
Varan Biiir
Halil the greengrocer goes to a nightclub with his friends one day to break the monotony of his life. There he meets Sabiha, one of the women working at the nightclub. They fall in love at first sight and begin living together. While Sabiha is making plans for the future with Halil, she learns a truth about him that she didn't know, and the forbidden love that began at the nightclub turns into a dead end filled with lies.
My Prostitute Love
Fahrettin, Ekrem, Fikret, İzzet, Nejat, Orhan and Eşref work as truck drivers for a company. Guns are loaded into their trucks without their knowledge. They are smuggling weapons without their knowledge. The police seize the trucks in a raid. The drivers, who are informed about the raid via radio, manage to escape at the last moment. In order to prove their innocence, they decide to find the company owner, Lebanese Manukyan. On their journey, they will also come to terms with their past.
Unutulmayanlar
Nazmi, who was an officer in the military, was injured in the Korean War and retired. He wants to spend the rest of his life on a farm away from city life and settles with his wife on the farm. But the arrival of Jülide to the farm changes all the balances.
The Evening Sun
Nuri, from the Selimoğulları family, kills Turgut, from the Kadiroğulları family. However, he is saved from prison thanks to his relatives who witnessed the crime. Both families have children who have been educated abroad. Dr. Osman, from the Kadiroğulları family, is in love with his uncle's daughter, Türkan. However, Türkan sees him as an older brother. Kemal, an engineer from the Selimoğulları family, also loves Türkan. The three young people begin to fight in their own way to resolve the blood feud. Over time, Kemal and Türkan grow closer. However, the feuding families oppose this relationship and make plans for revenge.
Elveda Sevgilim
The paths of Feyza and Bilal, who are from different worlds, cross again after years.
Crossroads
Osman has come to Istanbul to find work. However, he returns empty-handed from every place he applies to. Finally, one day his luck changes. He encounters a man who looks exactly like him. The wealthy gentleman is fleeing from the men who are after him. Switching places with Osman will save his life. The sharp young man accepts the offer. That evening, he plans to return the gentleman's clothes and wallet and go his own way. However, an unexpected accident throws his plans into disarray. The man he took the place of has lost his life in a train accident. Osman finds himself in an unfamiliar life. Thanks to his servant Mücteba, he quickly adapts to the situation. No problems arise until the gentleman's wife realizes he is a stranger.
Kalbimdeki Yabancı
Three children live a poor but happy life with their families in the Dalyan Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Their lives take a completely different turn when the youngest, Yiğit, is presented with an opportunity to change his family's destiny. Yiğit is invited to participate in a game that has been played for years, where his bravery will be tested by Light and Darkness. Yiğit agrees to play the game, unaware that it will lead him to the princess he has seen in his dreams.
Bir Türk Masalı
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