Lütfi Akad

Directing

Lütfi Akad

Born — Died

1916-09-02 — 2011-11-20

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Lütfi Ömer Akad (2 September 1916 - 19 November 2011), the first auteur director of Turkish cinema, screenwriter, academician, Honorary Professor. Known as the "The Masterless Master" and "Big Auteur" of Turkish cinema, Akad has been one of the important names that enabled Turkish cinema, which was under the domination of theater actors until the 1950s, to become independent from theatre. Being one of the first representatives of the "Generation of Filmmakers", Akad, unlike the filmmakers before him, researched and developed the unique language and possibilities of cinema, influenced many directors who came after him with his works and set an example for them.

Known for

Siyaset Meydanı poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Siyaset Meydanı

1994

Blood Money poster
6.5

Hacer recently joined a factory where Hasan works and brings hope to her life. The two get married. Hacer is worried about the working conditions in the factory; she has a relationship with Hasan after she establishes a relationship with the union. Because of their disagreements, they are driven towards disaster.

Blood Money

1974

My Prostitute Love poster
7.7

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 club. 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

1968

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti

1953

The Wounded Wolf poster
7.5

The film tells the story of a hitman exacting his revenge on the people who deceived him. Recently released from jail, Ali takes up work from strangers so that he can afford to go to Germany. He kills a divisive loan shark in exchange for some money and a passport. But, the money turns out to be counterfeit. So, Ali starts to search for the men who cheated him. In the meantime, he grows close to Gül, the daughter of the man he killed. This relationship, however, will make Ali feel some unfamiliar emotions.

The Wounded Wolf

1972

Series credits

Behind the camera

Blood Money poster
6.5

Hacer recently joined a factory where Hasan works and brings hope to her life. The two get married. Hacer is worried about the working conditions in the factory; she has a relationship with Hasan after she establishes a relationship with the union. Because of their disagreements, they are driven towards disaster.

Blood Money

1974

Blood Money poster
6.5

Hacer recently joined a factory where Hasan works and brings hope to her life. The two get married. Hacer is worried about the working conditions in the factory; she has a relationship with Hasan after she establishes a relationship with the union. Because of their disagreements, they are driven towards disaster.

Blood Money

1974

My Prostitute Love poster
7.7

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 club. 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

1968

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar poster
9.0

Pistachio and Mistik are two brothers who cannot hold on to any business. Somehow they are responsible for the safety of a casino.

Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar

1953

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti

1953

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti

1953

The Wounded Wolf poster
7.5

The film tells the story of a hitman exacting his revenge on the people who deceived him. Recently released from jail, Ali takes up work from strangers so that he can afford to go to Germany. He kills a divisive loan shark in exchange for some money and a passport. But, the money turns out to be counterfeit. So, Ali starts to search for the men who cheated him. In the meantime, he grows close to Gül, the daughter of the man he killed. This relationship, however, will make Ali feel some unfamiliar emotions.

The Wounded Wolf

1972

The Bride poster
7.2

The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy. What happens on a Eid morning becomes a breaking point for the family.

The Bride

1973

The Bride poster
7.2

The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy. What happens on a Eid morning becomes a breaking point for the family.

The Bride

1973

Kuma poster
7.0

There is a story about a German second wife brought from Germany to a village in Erzincan.

Kuma

1979

Law of the Border poster
6.2

In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.

Law of the Border

1966

Law of the Border poster
6.2

In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.

Law of the Border

1966

No artwork available
7.0

The last 24 hours of a death row prisoner.

Isı

1979

No artwork available
7.0

The last 24 hours of a death row prisoner.

Isı

1979

White Handkerchief poster
6.2

This film tells the story of who are young people fall in love each other in enemies two villages. There is hostility between Ören village and Alaca village. Even so, no one knows what is problems between two villages. Hasan is from Alaca village, he loves Rüstem's girl which is name Zeliha from other village. These two youngs sometimes meet each other and everyone knows that. But no one tells anything because of Murat, is friend with Hasan and he lives at the Ören village. Elders of Alaca went to Ören village for want to girl from her father. Everyone hope hostilities will end between the two villages through this marriage. But Rüstem be unwilling to this marriage. So it goes...

White Handkerchief

1956

White Handkerchief poster
6.2

This film tells the story of who are young people fall in love each other in enemies two villages. There is hostility between Ören village and Alaca village. Even so, no one knows what is problems between two villages. Hasan is from Alaca village, he loves Rüstem's girl which is name Zeliha from other village. These two youngs sometimes meet each other and everyone knows that. But no one tells anything because of Murat, is friend with Hasan and he lives at the Ören village. Elders of Alaca went to Ören village for want to girl from her father. Everyone hope hostilities will end between the two villages through this marriage. But Rüstem be unwilling to this marriage. So it goes...

White Handkerchief

1956

Meçhul Kadın poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meçhul Kadın

1955

Diyet poster
7.0

The film deals with the migration from the village to the city with a realistic narrative. The immigration phenomenon described in workers' hands in a factory refers to both the modernization process in the period and the unionization. Hacer emigrates to Istanbul with his father, two children and his wife. Her husband left her and she was a helpless. Hacer was influenced by the union of the working factory, who owns the crippled friends. Hacer thought very much about to traditions versus modernization. It is the last of the film of director Ömer Lütfi Akad's Bridal-Wedding-Recoup trilogy. And it is still the inaccessible film of Turkish cinema history with its movie theme, cast, and acting success.

Diyet

1975

Diyet poster
7.0

The film deals with the migration from the village to the city with a realistic narrative. The immigration phenomenon described in workers' hands in a factory refers to both the modernization process in the period and the unionization. Hacer emigrates to Istanbul with his father, two children and his wife. Her husband left her and she was a helpless. Hacer was influenced by the union of the working factory, who owns the crippled friends. Hacer thought very much about to traditions versus modernization. It is the last of the film of director Ömer Lütfi Akad's Bridal-Wedding-Recoup trilogy. And it is still the inaccessible film of Turkish cinema history with its movie theme, cast, and acting success.

Diyet

1975

Kalbimin Şarkısı poster
8.5

The film focuses on the changing relationships between Münir, his wife Perihan, and their friend Kenan as a result of a misunderstanding. Münir is a passionate musician and composer. He does not show his compositions to anyone other than his wife Perihan and his close friend Kenan. Kenan and Perihan, who find Münir's compositions very successful, devise a plan. They submit the compositions to a composition competition without Münir's knowledge. However, when Münir learns of their secret meetings, he misinterprets the relationship. As a result, his relationship with Perihan and Kenan deteriorates. When Münir's composition wins the competition, everything comes to light. However, undoing what has happened during this process will not be easy for anyone.

Kalbimin Şarkısı

1956

Bulgar Sadık poster
7.0

The story of Sadık and Osman, who heroically resisted the Balkan gangs that carried out bloody raids on Turkish villages in the Rumeli Province of the Ottoman Empire in 1910.

Bulgar Sadık

1954

Bulgar Sadık poster
7.0

The story of Sadık and Osman, who heroically resisted the Balkan gangs that carried out bloody raids on Turkish villages in the Rumeli Province of the Ottoman Empire in 1910.

Bulgar Sadık

1954

Emekli Başkan poster
10.0

The president, who believes that he caused an unjust execution because he complied with the presiding judge in the first death sentence he participated in, is re-investigating the incident after his retirement.

Emekli Başkan

1979

Emekli Başkan poster
10.0

The president, who believes that he caused an unjust execution because he complied with the presiding judge in the first death sentence he participated in, is re-investigating the incident after his retirement.

Emekli Başkan

1979

The Wedding poster
6.7

A family migrates to Istanbul from the rural parts of Anatolia, and they bring their traditions with them. The men of the family are giving away the girls of the family in return for a hefty bride-price. Zelha, one of the girls, revolts against this attitude and tries to save her sisters.

The Wedding

1973

The Wedding poster
6.7

A family migrates to Istanbul from the rural parts of Anatolia, and they bring their traditions with them. The men of the family are giving away the girls of the family in return for a hefty bride-price. Zelha, one of the girls, revolts against this attitude and tries to save her sisters.

The Wedding

1973

Katil poster
7.0

Kemal works as an electrician in a factory. The owner of the factory, Süleyman Bey, is murdered. Due to a conspiracy hatched by Süleyman Bey's wife, the murder is pinned on Kemal. Kemal is arrested and sent to prison. Süleyman Bey's wife and lover try to get rid of Kemal to prevent the murder from being exposed. Kemal, however, will do everything in his power to prove his innocence.

Katil

1953

Katil poster
7.0

Kemal works as an electrician in a factory. The owner of the factory, Süleyman Bey, is murdered. Due to a conspiracy hatched by Süleyman Bey's wife, the murder is pinned on Kemal. Kemal is arrested and sent to prison. Süleyman Bey's wife and lover try to get rid of Kemal to prevent the murder from being exposed. Kemal, however, will do everything in his power to prove his innocence.

Katil

1953

Murderous City poster
8.0

Selma is a young eighteen-year-old girl and her fiance, Ali, is a workshop foreman. One day, Ali is arrested for hitting a man in a nearby cafe. This indident causes her downfall and the tragic events that occur.

Murderous City

1953

Murderous City poster
8.0

Selma is a young eighteen-year-old girl and her fiance, Ali, is a workshop foreman. One day, Ali is arrested for hitting a man in a nearby cafe. This indident causes her downfall and the tragic events that occur.

Murderous City

1953

Kardeş Kurşunu poster
7.0

Orhan and Nevin are planning to get married. However, they are unaware that their relatives want to prevent them from getting married. Orhan's brother Muzaffer loves Nevin, and Nevin's stepmother Aliye loves Orhan. Orhan's repeated rejections and his engagement to Nevin drive Aliye mad. As a result, Aliye incites Muzaffer against his brother Orhan and Orhan against Nevin. Unaware of what is happening, Orhan leaves Nevin. However, over time, he will uncover the truth behind everything that has happened.

Kardeş Kurşunu

1955

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı poster
6.0

Plans to take over the task of the British spy who came to Istanbul to Anatolia by Kemal’s story of said British: Lawrence.

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı

1952

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı poster
6.0

Plans to take over the task of the British spy who came to Istanbul to Anatolia by Kemal’s story of said British: Lawrence.

İngiliz Kemal Lawrens'e Karşı

1952

Vahşi Bir Kız Sevdim poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vahşi Bir Kız Sevdim

1954

Mother poster
9.0

Sevket is killed while he escaping blood vengeance. After that, Döndü must look after her children in despite of poverty and blood vengeance.

Mother

1967

Mother poster
9.0

Sevket is killed while he escaping blood vengeance. After that, Döndü must look after her children in despite of poverty and blood vengeance.

Mother

1967

Knob poster
9.0

TRT - Ömer Seyfettin Stories

Knob

1975

Knob poster
9.0

TRT - Ömer Seyfettin Stories

Knob

1975