Ertem Eğilmez

Directing

Ertem Eğilmez

Born — Died

1929-02-18 — 1989-09-21

Place of birth

Trabzon, Türkiye

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Ertem Eğilmez was born on February 18, 1929, in Trabzon. He is a legendary director, producer, and screenwriter who changed the course of Turkish cinema, leaving his mark on Yeşilçam (the Turkish film industry) with his "Arzu Film school," and captivating millions with films that both amused and moved audiences to tears. After graduating from Istanbul University's Faculty of Economics, Eğilmez worked in various trades, including running a grocery store. His entry into the art world began in 1954 with the founding of Çağlayan Publishing House with Refik Erduran. Here, he introduced innovation to the publishing world by printing Türkiye's first popular pocket books. His passion for cinema led…

Known for

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up poster
7.8

A sincere and hardworking student joins the Chaos Class, but acceptance seems unlikely when he becomes the target of their pranks.

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up

1976

Bilo the Banker poster
7.2

Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.

Bilo the Banker

1980

The Chaos Class poster
8.0

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives.

The Chaos Class

1975

Neşeli Günler poster
8.2

Years after a divorce divides their family in half, six siblings encounter each other by chance and try to get their parents back together.

Neşeli Günler

1978

The Foster Brothers poster
8.0

Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residence. Hüsamettin's sister thinks Ramazan is her foster son Saban when she realizes her mistake she introduces Ramazan to her brother as her son in law Bayram since she was afraid of Hüsamettin's short-tempered character. Things get complicated when real Saban and Bayram come to the residence. Now Saban has to be Ramazan and Bayram has to be Saban. Meanwhile, a gulyabani (a ghoul from Turkish folklore) haunts the residence.

The Foster Brothers

1976

Kart Horoz poster
6.0

Kamil's servant Dilber's sister Fatoş comes to the mansion with her fiancé Mıstık. Kamil falls for Fatoş as soon as he sees her. At this point, Kamil, who is already ill, suffers another crisis. He then declares that his final wish is to marry Fatoş. Fatoş, who needs money to bail out Mıstık, who has been arrested for financial reasons, agrees to marry Kamil, believing he will die soon. Kamil's surprising recovery and Mıstık's release from prison will complicate the situation further.

Kart Horoz

1965

Behind the camera

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up poster
7.8

A sincere and hardworking student joins the Chaos Class, but acceptance seems unlikely when he becomes the target of their pranks.

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up

1976

Bilo the Banker poster
7.2

Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.

Bilo the Banker

1980

Bilo the Banker poster
7.2

Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.

Bilo the Banker

1980

The Chaos Class poster
8.0

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives.

The Chaos Class

1975

Neşeli Günler poster
8.2

Years after a divorce divides their family in half, six siblings encounter each other by chance and try to get their parents back together.

Neşeli Günler

1978

The Foster Brothers poster
8.0

Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residence. Hüsamettin's sister thinks Ramazan is her foster son Saban when she realizes her mistake she introduces Ramazan to her brother as her son in law Bayram since she was afraid of Hüsamettin's short-tempered character. Things get complicated when real Saban and Bayram come to the residence. Now Saban has to be Ramazan and Bayram has to be Saban. Meanwhile, a gulyabani (a ghoul from Turkish folklore) haunts the residence.

The Foster Brothers

1976

Kart Horoz poster
6.0

Kamil's servant Dilber's sister Fatoş comes to the mansion with her fiancé Mıstık. Kamil falls for Fatoş as soon as he sees her. At this point, Kamil, who is already ill, suffers another crisis. He then declares that his final wish is to marry Fatoş. Fatoş, who needs money to bail out Mıstık, who has been arrested for financial reasons, agrees to marry Kamil, believing he will die soon. Kamil's surprising recovery and Mıstık's release from prison will complicate the situation further.

Kart Horoz

1965

The Chaos Class Failed the Class poster
7.6

A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

1976

The Honest One poster
7.9

When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.

The Honest One

1984

Smiling Eyes poster
8.1

A couple who dreamed of having a son had five daughters in a row. When girls reach the age of marriage, there are moments that make them laugh and sometimes make them sad.

Smiling Eyes

1977

The Blue Bead poster
7.5

After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.

The Blue Bead

1975

The Blue Bead poster
7.5

After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.

The Blue Bead

1975

Billionaire poster
7.4

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

Billionaire

1986

Handsome Poor Bilo poster
6.5

Bilo is released from prison..

Handsome Poor Bilo

1979

Sugar Pie Lady poster
7.5

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.

Sugar Pie Lady

1983

My Dear Brother poster
8.3

Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.

My Dear Brother

1973

I Feel in Love poster
6.0

Şakir is instantly infatuated with Sibel in a red dress whom he meets in the parking lot of the advertising agency where he works, and he is desperate to win this fascinating woman. But there is one obstacle; Şakir is married! Despite this, Şakir is determined to pursue Sibel and will try various ways to achieve his goal.

I Feel in Love

1985

The Stupid Millionaire poster
7.6

The funny treasure hunt of 4 rural brothers in Istanbul, after the recent death of their father who left them a treasure map as heritage.

The Stupid Millionaire

1974

Arabesque poster
7.3

Sener and Müjde, who can never come together because of endless obstacles and misunderstandings, slowly drift into the plaintive world of arabesque music.

Arabesque

1989

Allahaısmarladık Yavrum poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Allahaısmarladık Yavrum

1966

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

Tosun Pasha poster
8.0

Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the green valley to his "relatives". Tellioglus, who are behind in the race, desperately find a final solution: They will fake their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha.

Tosun Pasha

1976

Sev Kardeşim poster
6.5

A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory.

Sev Kardeşim

1972

İngiliz Kemal poster
8.0

Istanbul is under enemy occupation. A group of nationalists from Istanbul try to support the liberation movement in Anatolia. Kemal, who had previously lived in England for a while, is assigned to gather intelligence. Kemal replaces a British officer who has just been appointed to Istanbul. While spying, he falls in love with Elizabeth, the daughter of a British general he meets.

İngiliz Kemal

1968

Oh Olsun poster
6.8

A tycoon tries to teach some life lessons to his three spoiled sons by making them work on the floor of his factory, where one of them falls in love.

Oh Olsun

1973

The Beauty of Beyoglu poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Beauty of Beyoglu

1971

The Beauty of Beyoglu poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Beauty of Beyoglu

1971

Saban, Son of Saban poster
7.9

Clumsy soldiers Şaban and Ramazan fall for a singer-dancer and accidentally become secret policemen tracking down a missing diamond.

Saban, Son of Saban

1977

Yaman Gazeteci poster
NR

About the robbery attempt of a journalist known for his clumsiness. Yaman, despite being clumsy, is a courageous journalist. No one takes her seriously except Gül in the newspaper she works for. Everybody makes fun of him. Gül is in love with him.

Yaman Gazeteci

1961

Tramp poster
7.0

Naciye sings on the streets to live and one day she is discovered by a famous casino owner. Then Naciye falls into love with her piano teacher Cuneyt. Casino owner Ekrem starts to make a trouble.

Tramp

1965

The Chaos Class Is on Vacation poster
7.6

Lazy, uneducated male students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. Because of the financial crisis, the headmaster agrees to enroll female students. As the new students try to fit in, a struggle between both parties start, trying to prank the other part away. The prank war continues until PE-Teacher decides to take the class out on a trip for a becoming scouts.

The Chaos Class Is on Vacation

1977

The King of the Street Cleaners poster
7.8

Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his superior officer.

The King of the Street Cleaners

1977

Oh Where poster
6.9

Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul. In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However, the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change.

Oh Where

1975

Yalancı Yarim poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Yalancı Yarim

1973

From the Village to the City poster
8.1

After they find buried treasure, four hapless brothers from the countryside discover that changing their fortunes will take more than gold.

From the Village to the City

1974

Our Family poster
7.8

A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.

Our Family

1975

The Chaos Class: Bye Bye poster
5.8

Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. Especially, the new teacher for literature receives his share.

The Chaos Class: Bye Bye

1981

Goodbye poster
10.0

The film is about Kemal and his girlfriend Meral breaking up because of a crime Kemal committed. Kemal comes to Istanbul to shop for his sister Mine's wedding. There, he meets Meral. Kemal and Meral fall in love at first sight. Everything is going well when Kemal receives a telegram from his mother. He learns that his sister has been raped and has committed suicide. He flees to Trabzon to take revenge on those responsible for his sister's suicide. His goal is to leave the country from there. During this time, Kemal's path will cross with Meral's once again.

Goodbye

1967

Once a Year poster
7.7

A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war.

Once a Year

1971

Sevemez Kimse Seni poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sevemez Kimse Seni

1968