Erdoğan Tokatlı
Directing
Biography
Erdoğan Tokatlı was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and translator, known for his contributions to Turkish cinema. Born in Denizli, he was influenced by his elder brother, Atilla Tokatlı, a writer-director who studied cinema in France. Erdoğan Tokatlı began his career as an assistant director to Memduh Ün on the film Mahallenin Sevgilisi (1960). He made his directorial debut with Son Kuşlar (1965), considered a masterpiece.
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Marziye
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Tuzak
The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the Americans, wants to build a factory in the Eşrefpaşa neighborhood. To do so, he must first evict the neighborhood's residents. Ali Bey recruits Hasan, the neighborhood's tough guy, to help him achieve his goal. Kudret, who refuses to leave the neighborhood, organizes the people against Ali Bey. However, Ali Bey lures Kudret's inner circle to his side with various promises. Left to fight alone, Kudret will face his friends one last time.
Eşrefpaşalı
A married civil servant with children, who is of moderate means, sees a woman at a window one day on his way to work and is attracted to her. The woman is married to a banker who is slightly older than her. The woman and the man gradually get to know each other and talk. After a while, the man has to go to Marmaris for work.
Suçumuz İnsan Olmak
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Biz Belayı Severiz
With his 2 wives Kuheylan started as a doorkeeper in an apartment after immigrating from small town to city. While Kuheylan was dreaming to be rich, his wives got impressed under city culture and joined their forses agains their husband.
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
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Aşka Susayanlar
The story of Kemal, a brothel owner who raped his sister and then killed his partner.
Fırtına Kemal
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Apo Konuşan Katır At Yarışlarında
Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter
Fidan
A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.
The Last Birds
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Hakikat
Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire).
Güneş Doğmasın
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Bir Aşk Bin Ölüm
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Tek Kollu Bayram
The film tells the story of Seyyid, who is trying to build a new life after being released from prison. Seyyid has just been released from prison, where he was sent because of a blood feud. His enemies are waiting for an opportunity to kill him. Having escaped his enemies, Seyyid comes to Istanbul and starts working as a carpenter. He leads a quiet and solitary life. One day, he meets Sedef at a nightclub. This encounter quickly turns into love. The couple will fight to leave their enemies behind and start a new life together.
Seyyid
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Üç Öfkeli Adam
Alişan, a former senator, runs a motel in a seaside town with his daughter Ayşe, son-in-law Orhan, and sons Bahadır and Mehmet. Orhan married Ayşe, whom he met at teacher training college. They are living happily. Orhan, a former teacher who has been dismissed from his job, enjoys a happy married life, but this is turned upside down when Menekşe arrives in town. This is because the young woman sees Orhan as a resemblance to her deceased husband, whom she refuses to believe is dead. This resemblance leads to a forbidden relationship between them. This affair quickly spreads throughout the town. After various events, Orhan receives news that Menekşe has committed suicide. Menekşe's body is recovered from the sea.
Menekşeler Mavidir
Yasemin, who lives in a small town with her aunt, dreams of going to Istanbul and becoming famous. After some time, Yasemin begins working as a dancer at a restaurant owned by a woman who runs the establishment and also employs sex workers. During this time, she meets a restaurant customer and flees to Istanbul with him. After various adventures, the young man ends up in prison. Left alone in the big city, Yasemin, encouraged by two female friends, begins working as a prostitute.
Yasemin
When water is poured onto the cotton field, Musa, whose crop is ruined, cannot pay his debt. He has only one option to save his field from the loan shark: to work at Captain Tayfur's sand quarry. He leaves his wife in the village and starts working with a group of workers whose lives are as painful as his own.