Filiz Akın

Acting

Filiz Akın

Born — Died

1943-01-02 — 2025-03-22

Place of birth

Ankara, Türkiye

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Filiz Akın (2 January 1943 – 21 March 2025) was a Turkish actress, writer and television presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın had a large fan base in Turkey. She was an official ambassador as Turkey's Ambassador to France.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 19 titles

Karate Girl poster
5.6

Mute blond bombshell Zeynep lives with her aging father at a farm. One day, five criminals break in, killing the father and raping Zeynep. The shock restores Zeynep's speech and she seeks revenge. With the help of the friendly hobo Murat, she learns to be an expert shooter, takes a brown belt in karate, and sets out to kill them all.

Karate Girl

1973

Mah Pishooni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mah Pishooni

1971

Emine poster
4.7

The film tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. Murat, who lost his father at a young age, takes on the entire burden of his family. He takes care of his mother by sending his brother Metin to school. Years later, he starts running a casino and takes over a new one. He turns Emine, who works as a waitress at the casino, into a singer. Over time, he falls in love with Emine. However, Emine falls for Murat's brother Metin, whom she meets on a vacation. Murat will have to choose between his brother and Emine.

Emine

1971

I'm Crying poster
9.0

The film is about Gamze and Haldun's love that continues despite all obstacles. Gamze and her twin sister Nazan are students at the conservatory. They both fall in love with Haldun, whom they meet during this period. Although Haldun is initially interested in Gamze, he later marries Nazan. Gamze leaves Istanbul to forget her love. Nazan, tired of Haldun, is having a secret affair with Memduh. Nazan dies in a traffic accident while trying to escape to Europe with Memduh. On the same day, Haldun mistakes Gamze for Nazan when he sees her. Gamze tries to explain the truth, but Haldun refuses to listen to her. Years later, they have a baby named Harun. Meanwhile, Memduh has returned from Europe and, mistaking Gamze for Nazan, has set out to find her. Gamze, trying to save her family, agrees to meet with Memduh to explain everything. When Haldun enters the room during the meeting, he misunderstands everything.

I'm Crying

1973

Yuvasız Kuşlar poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yuvasız Kuşlar

1970

Sweet Talker poster
6.5

Ferit is a basketball player from Istanbul. One day, at a camp he attends, he meets Emine, a village teacher. They fall in love at first sight and get married, but the spell is broken when Ferit's friends from the city arrive.

Sweet Talker

1972

The Boy Who Knew Too Much! poster
5.2

Little Ilker is a real trouble maker. He regularly prank calls the police, the fire department and plays tricks on anyone he encounters. One evening, while snooping around, Ilker witnesses a vicious murder and immediately runs to tell about it. There's only one problem...no one believes him!

The Boy Who Knew Too Much!

1972

The Man from Chicago poster
7.0

In Turkey, the son of a rich manager is kidnapped. This boy finds a friend in one of the kidnapper when the adventures evolve.

The Man from Chicago

1975

Utanç poster
3.3

A woman who has been raped disappears.

Utanç

1972

Ankara Express poster
8.3

During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for the Ankara Express operation.

Ankara Express

1970

Ayrılık poster
6.5

The love between two young people who cling to each other while fleeing from the trouble behind them.

Ayrılık

1972

Yumurcak Köprüaltı Çocuğu poster
6.4

Yumurcak is a very naughty boy, living with his father Nihat who is a cab driver. One day a bar singer named Aysel gets on his car, escaping from someone. Nihat saves her and becomes her driver. Bekir who is the partner of the bar, fancies Aysel and he is very jealous of her. Another gangster kills him and puts the blame on Nihat. Yumurcak's mother Selma, having learned the news, walks carelessly on the street and gets hit by a car in an accident and becomes blind. Yumurcak finds the gun of the crime in the garden, takes it to the judge and asks for his father's release. Bekir tries to escape and he kidnaps Yumurcak. However Nihat and the inspector reach just in time. Yumurcak and his family return to their happy days.

Yumurcak Köprüaltı Çocuğu

1970

Fadime poster
10.0

Fadik is a street singer working with her three musician friends. They are homeless. As she sleeps on a deck of a boat, Erol finds her. He is the boat's owner yet she believes he is its captain. She runs into a gang and their bags get exchanged, she finds a fortune in her bag now. The money belongs to Erol, his friend Faruk robbed his factory. Fadik takes Erol as her servant, she doesn't know he is rich. Faruk's men kidnap the three musicians, Erol and Fadik meet, the police catches Faruk though he puts the blame on Fadik. In the trial the truth is revealed. In the end, Erol and Fadik start a happy new life so do the three musicians.

Fadime

1970

Don't Cry for Me, Mama poster
5.5

Little Ilker's father has died when he was very small. His mother Selma is a famous singer who is always on tour. Ilker goes to boarding-school, and he misses his mother a lot. He gets disappointed when his mother doesn't come to pick him up on weekends. One day, he follows his mom to Izmir, where she is on tour...

Don't Cry for Me, Mama

1974

While Lilies Bloom poster
9.0

Oğuz Albatros, a middle aged musician, “very famous”. But the works he writes are being watched thanks to his wife Mediha’s theater director, journalists and even audiences.

While Lilies Bloom

1973

Cambazhane Gülü Fadime poster
9.0

The story of Fadime, who works in a tent theater, and the scruffy-looking young man who joins them, who is actually a famous writer.

Cambazhane Gülü Fadime

1971

Loving You is My Destiny poster
9.0

Lale's father, once a respectable man, is found guilty in the court. Lale holds other party's attorney Murat responsible for her father's demise and seeks revenge.

Loving You is My Destiny

1971

Ömrümce Unutamadım poster
10.0

The film tells the story of Doğan, who is forced to leave the woman he loves. Doğan is a factory worker. He and Selma, who has no one but her sick mother, love each other and want to get married. The owner of the factory where Doğan works offers him to marry his daughter Meral. Doğan initially refuses the offer. However, he is forced to accept it in order to cover the medical expenses for Selma's mother, who suddenly falls ill. Doğan and Meral marry. Selma's mother dies during surgery. Selma marries Doğan's closest friend, Murat. Twenty years later, Doğan and Selma's children will meet.

Ömrümce Unutamadım

1971

Tatlı Cadı'nın Maceraları poster
8.0

Feature-length remake of Bewitched (1964), which was very popular in Turkey.

Tatlı Cadı'nın Maceraları

1975

1960s · 40 titles

The Wounded Heart poster
5.3

An engineer falls for an heiress who has just lost her fiancé — and is about to lose her wealth too. Is true love possible for this unlikely pair?

The Wounded Heart

1969

Gül ve Şeker poster
10.0

The film tells the story of a love affair between two young people who hide their true identities. A wealthy father from Adana sends one of his sons to Istanbul with his brothers to marry the daughter of an old friend. The three brothers meet their other brother, Ömer, who left home years ago. Ömer, an engineer, needs money. His brother, who does not want to marry, convinces Ömer to take his place. Meanwhile, Filiz, who is being forced to marry by her father, switches roles with the housekeeper. Ömer believes Filiz to be a poor housekeeper, while Filiz thinks Ömer is a wealthy playboy. Though they initially cannot get along, the two will grow closer over time.

Gül ve Şeker

1968

Efkârlıyım Abiler poster
7.5

Arif is a street vendor who drinks every night and constantly gets into trouble and ends up in jail. His uncle Necmettinzade Rüknettin does not want Arif to live a vagrant life, but Arif cannot live with him because of his strictness. One night, Fatoş, who is desperate, approaches Arif and tells him she has run away from her stepmother. Arif and Fatoş begin living together. Arif, who is in love with Fatoş, wants to escape the poverty they are in. However, Fatoş is not the person Arif is in love with.

Efkârlıyım Abiler

1966

Benim de Kalbim Var poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Benim de Kalbim Var

1968

The Sinful Woman poster
7.0

The story of two sisters who fall in love with the same man.

The Sinful Woman

1966

Beyaz Güvercin poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beyaz Güvercin

1963

Those Would-Be Girls poster
6.5

A white-slave gang, specializing in young girls, is unmasked by a journalist.

Those Would-Be Girls

1967

Şaka ile Karışık poster
7.8

The story of Osman begins to take a different direction, with a bet of 1 million that two enemies and a wealthy family have entered into the possibility of an honorable singer.

Şaka ile Karışık

1965

Birds of Exile poster
6.9

Tahir Agha sells all his assets when his business in Maraş deteriorates. He immigrates to Istanbul with his wife Hatice, sons Selim, Murat, Kemal and daughter Fatoş, where he sets his mind to open a repair shop. But in the metropolis, things don't go as planned.

Birds of Exile

1964

Vur Emri poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vur Emri

1966

Şoför Nebahat ve Kızı poster
6.0

Unlike her mother Hulya freewhells with her rich and spoiled friends. But Sofor Nebahat is poor and proud.

Şoför Nebahat ve Kızı

1964

Babasına Bak Oğlunu Al poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Babasına Bak Oğlunu Al

1965

Ayrılık Saati poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ayrılık Saati

1967

Efkarlı Sosyetede poster
8.0

Ruknettin is a very wealthy, lonely, and sick businessman. Arif and Şemsi save him from committing suicide. He stays with them and feels better. Wealthy Naci wants his daughter Selma to marry her partner Nihat, but she does not want to. She tells her father that she will marry Ruknettin's son Tahsin. When Nihat's men try to kidnap Selma, Arif and his friends rescue her. Arif takes on the role of Tahsin. Selma and Tahsin fall in love with each other. It is revealed that Arif's mother is Ruknettin's ex-wife. Arif does not forgive his father. Selma and Ruknettin try to convince him, and they succeed. They all start a happy life together.

Efkarlı Sosyetede

1968

Back Streets poster
3.3

The film tells the story of Elif, who has her sights set high, and her quest to find the truth. Elif is the daughter of Ömer, a foreman at a factory. Murat, who works at the same factory, is in love with Elif but cannot bring himself to tell her. Necdet, the factory owner, visits Ömer, who has been injured in an accident at the factory, and takes a liking to Elif. They begin to see each other. Elif, who dreams of a wealthy life, believes she can achieve this dream by marrying Necdet. However, Necdet's intentions are not marriage. Elif's aunt Leman, who left the neighborhood years ago to live in better conditions and ended up on the wrong path, will not allow her niece to be dragged down the same path.

Back Streets

1963

Cilveli Kız poster
10.0

Kiraz is a street vendor, trying to gather enough money for her father's operation. Rich Hayrullah Bey's son Aydin is in love with Oksan, the bar singer. Hayrullah opposing their marriage, meets Kiraz on the ship and asks her help to prevent his son's marriage. Kiraz has to attract Aydin and she will get the money for the surgery in turn. Aydin doesn't give up Oksan, on their wedding day Kiraz gets disguised as the bride and Aydin gets puzzled as he opens the veil. Oksan is after Aydin's money only. Kiraz and Aydin fall in love, but now Hayrullah Bey is against their marriage. Kiraz says that she is married. Aydin goes to see her father and finds out about the truth. Hayrullah Bey and Aydin search for Kiraz who already has left home, they want to get things settled. So they do!

Cilveli Kız

1969

Cici Gelin poster
6.3

A man tells his wife a trifling lie, but it involves him in a difficult situation and almost ruins his marriage.

Cici Gelin

1967

Battı Balık poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Battı Balık

1962

Fakir Gencin Romanı poster
8.0

Turgut who is poor and hardworking student of technical university falls in love with rich - spoiled Filiz. Filiz does not carry the same feelings at the beginnings. She gets married with rich businessman and her first child name is Turgut.

Fakir Gencin Romanı

1965

Kardeş Kanı poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kardeş Kanı

1964

Sefiller poster
6.0

Zafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey.

Sefiller

1967

Kolejli Kızın Aşkı poster
10.0

The film tells the story of two lovers who are separated due to slander. Filiz, the daughter of factory owner Hilmi Bey, is a spoiled college student. Ayhan, the new driver hired by the mansion, also suffers from Filiz's spoiled behavior. However, all of the young girl's friends are enamored with the handsome driver. Filiz also feels attracted to Ayhan. On the day she confesses her feelings, a great love blossoms between them. Filiz's friends, who have obtained her diary, report her to the school administration. Their meetings are banned. Ayhan is fired from his job. Their chance encounter with Turgut will turn the lives of the two lovers upside down.

Kolejli Kızın Aşkı

1965

Paşa Kızı poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paşa Kızı

1967

Hindistan Cevizi poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Hindistan Cevizi

1967

Yuvana Dön Baba poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Yuvana Dön Baba

1968

Ölüm Bizi Ayıramaz poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ölüm Bizi Ayıramaz

1963

Aşkım Günahımdır poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aşkım Günahımdır

1968

Meyhaneci poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meyhaneci

1964

Yankesicinin Aşkı poster
8.0

Osman and Hacer, who are pickpockets and in love with each other, get lucky. Osman will receive a large sum of money in exchange for a three-month fake marriage. Hacer cannot prevent this marriage, which she opposes, but she will take precautions.

Yankesicinin Aşkı

1965

Yankesici Kız poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yankesici Kız

1964

Çıtkırıldım poster
8.0

Fabricator Cemil Bey and Sabiha Hanim's daughter Filiz is a student at college. Orhan is a literature teacher at same college.

Çıtkırıldım

1966

Kadın Berberi poster
9.0

Lale is the only daughter of a wealthy family and inherits all her parents' money and property. On a boat tour, she meets Erol the hair dresser. In the beginning they feel attracted to each other but all this ends as she belittles him for his job. Erol's customers are all his fans. Lale calls Erol home, introducing her maid Suna as the landlady while she takes the role of a pedicurist. Erol and Lale get together again yet this time her cousin Cemil wants to marry her to share her wealth. Cemil tells Erol about it so, he leaves Lale. Cemil and his mother make a plot to kill Lale. Luckily Suna has been eavesdropping and informs Erol right away. Erol reaches home just before Cemil poisons Lale and saves her. The police arrest Cemil. Cemil's mother drinks the poisoned milk, which she has prepared for Lale. In the end Lale and Erol, Suna and Erol's friend Tayfur marry.

Kadın Berberi

1964

Sevinç Gözyaşları poster
7.0

Ayhan is orphaned at a young age. With the help of Hulusi Pasha, for whom his father worked as a servant, he continues his education. After completing his education and becoming an engineer, Ayhan wants to marry Selma, who grew up with him. Meanwhile, Selim becomes engaged to Filiz, the Pasha's daughter, in order to take advantage of her wealth. Some time later, Hulusi Pasha reveals to Ayhan and Selim that he has gone bankrupt. Upon hearing this, Selim breaks off the engagement, but Filiz is already pregnant. Upon learning of the situation, Hulusi Pasha suffers a heart attack and seeks to use Ayhan to save himself from this predicament.

Sevinç Gözyaşları

1965

Bekar Odası poster
9.0

Kazim works at a gas station, he wants to marry Iffet though her mother is against it, so she informs the police as they try to run away. The police is after Kazim since he inherited a fortune. Kazim starts living in a hotel suite, the singer Leyla makes a plot with her boss Cemil to get Kazim's money.

Bekar Odası

1967

Aşka Tövbe poster
9.0

The film is about the love between Şehbal and Mübin. Şehbal is a teacher in Izmir. She has been in love with her aunt's son Mübin for a long time and is waiting for him to make a move. However, Mübin tells Şehbal that he loves her aunt's daughter Nazan and asks her to reconcile them. Nazan, on the other hand, loves someone else. Upon hearing this news, Mübin is devastated. Şehbal tries to comfort him while hiding her feelings for him. Selman, a man who has recently lost his wife, will completely confuse Şehbal's mind.

Aşka Tövbe

1968

On Güzel Bacak poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

On Güzel Bacak

1964

Sahte Nikah poster
10.0

The film tells the story of Ferit and Tülin, whose paths cross because of a will. Ferit cannot claim the inheritance left to him by his uncle because he cannot prove it. His uncle's other relatives have divided everything left to Ferit among themselves. Ferit decides to go to Istanbul to find the will. He prepares to set sail in the evening. On the same day, Tülin, who is getting married, discovers that her fiancé has been cheating on her. She leaves a letter for her mother and runs away from home. She hides on Ferit's boat as he sets sail for Istanbul. Ferit, who finds Tülin hiding, mistakes her for a thief. He treats her harshly throughout the journey and makes her do the work on the boat. When they arrive in Istanbul, Ferit learns that his relatives plan to hire a married couple as servants for the mansion. He asks Tülin to help him. Tülin and Ferit, pretending to be married, will try to find the will.

Sahte Nikah

1962

Yumurcak poster
4.4

Naughty but lovable, Yumurcak, the darling of the neighborhood, lives with his father Nihat, who makes a living as a driver. Every day, he does mischievous things that drive the neighborhood shopkeepers crazy, but no one can stay mad at him. Nihat has told Yumurcak that his mother is dead, but in reality, she is still alive. The reason Nihat separated from Selma years ago was because Selma's malicious stepmother and nephew framed Nihat for robbing the factory where he worked. One day, Nihat gets into an accident and ends up in prison. When Yumurcak visits his father in prison, Selma is also there and sees him. She meets him without revealing that she is his mother. Selma now wants to take her son back; however, Nihat strongly opposes this. Taking Yumurcak back and rebuilding their home will not be easy for Selma.

Yumurcak

1969

Oğlum Oğlum poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oğlum Oğlum

1965

Istanbul Holiday poster
6.5

Ali, whose main goal is to become a photojournalist for a newspaper, works as a street photographer. At that time, a princess named Nilgün visits Istanbul with her father, Sultan El Haşim of Katras. Tired of constantly being accompanied by guards, Princess Nilgün escapes from the palace where they are staying.

Istanbul Holiday

1968

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