Yılmaz Zafer

Acting

Yılmaz Zafer

Born 1956-09-24 · Istanbul, Turkey

Yılmaz Zafer (24 September 1956 - 9 November 1995), Turkish theater and cinema actor. Yılmaz Zafer started acting in the theater at the Fatih Halkevi due to his admiration for Perihan Savaş and later transferred to the City Theaters. He played roles in various theater companies such as Gülriz Sururi - Engin Cezzar Theater. In 1976, he started working in cinema and directed more than 40 films. In the movie İskilip'li Atıf Hoca, he impressed the audience with his role as Ferit, the lawyer of İskilip'li Atıf Hoca, who was sentenced to death for siding with the occupation forces during the War of Independence and the National Struggle, inciting the people against the Kuvayi Milliye forces and causing serious damage to this struggle. In 1987, he married Perihan Savaş, whom he had admired for a long time, and had a child from this marriage. He and his wife founded the “Yönetim Film and Advertising Company”. After suffering two heart attacks, the first of which occurred in April 1994, the artist lived in need of care for a long time and died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Acting credits

Çelik Pençe poster
NR

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Çelik Pençe

1983

Değişim poster
NR

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Değişim

1986

Dilan poster
9.5

Based on a well-known Turkish novel, Dilan narrates the story of a peasant woman who decides to avenge the murder of her lover. In a remote village in Southeastern Turkey, two men are in love with beautiful Dilan: the rich Paso and the poor but brave Mirkan. When Dilan chooses Mirkan, Paso has the youth killed by one of his men. Dilan marries Paso, but she murders him on their wedding night and runs away to the mountains. A tragic love story as well as a realistic portrait of the existence of the rural people of Anatolia, Dilan was shown at several international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

Dilan

1987

A Lonely Woman poster
4.0

Suna, who attracts attention with her beauty and personality, goes on vacation with her friend Ayla, who has severed her ties with romantic relationships. This vacation brings out their sexual desires and drags them into an unwanted predicament.

A Lonely Woman

1985

Genç ve Dul poster
NR

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Genç ve Dul

1986

No artwork available
NR

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Yaşamak Haram Oldu

1987

No artwork available
NR

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Bir Aşk Masalı

1990

Vasfiye Is Her Name poster
7.0

The story of a provincial woman named Vasfiye, whose life passed changing hands and drifting between men in Aegean towns, is told by different narrators. The story changes every time the narrator changes. However, it is not known which story is the truth.

Vasfiye Is Her Name

1985

Aaahh Belinda poster
7.5

Serap is a successful theater actress. Although she rejects the traditional roles assigned to women in her personal life, she agrees to play the role of a traditional housewife in a shampoo commercial. However, she is unaware that this commercial will turn into her worst nightmare.

Aaahh Belinda

1986

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek poster
10.0

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991

Kelebekler Sonsuza Uçar poster
5.5

The story of İskilipli Atıf Hoca, who was sentenced to death by the Independence Court for opposing the hat law after the proclamation of the Republic.

Kelebekler Sonsuza Uçar

1993

Bir Daha Asla poster
NR

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Bir Daha Asla

1988

Arka Evin İnsanları poster
NR

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Arka Evin İnsanları

Kurt Kanunu poster
7.0

1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an unstoppable reaction and unhealed wounds. Amidst the political backdrop revealed by this process, which operates with the indifference of a broken clock, individual stories continue to unfold with all their human qualities, and personal conflicts persist in highlighting negativity.

Kurt Kanunu

1992

My Daughter and Me poster
6.7

The film tells the story of a mother who dedicates her life to her daughter. Reyhan is pregnant with Kenan's child. After a while, Kenan leaves Reyhan. Reyhan gives birth alone and leaves her daughter in a mosque courtyard. Just as she is about to commit suicide, she is saved by Vedat. Vedat helps Reyhan get back on her feet by giving her a job at his company. Their relationship eventually turns into love, and they get married. Vedat finds Reyhan's daughter, Çağla, and adds her to his family. As Çağla grows up and becomes a young woman, she begins to rebel against her family. She defies her mother and marries Cem, a fortune hunter. Reyhan will sacrifice her life to save her daughter from Cem.

My Daughter and Me

1988

Vur Hançeri Kadınım poster
NR

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Vur Hançeri Kadınım

1987

Oteldeki Cinayet poster
10.0

One of the country's famous bankers, Ibrahim kills his cheating wife in a hotel room. Only a hotel employee named Yilmaz witnesses this event. When Yilmaz realizes that the murderer is the banker Ibrahim, he goes to his hometown, fearing for his safety. Ibrahim makes a deal with a hired killer to kill Yilmaz. Yilmaz, on the other hand, will have problems with Ali Aga in his hometown because of old accounts.

Oteldeki Cinayet

1986

Suçlu Gençlik poster
8.0

The story of the young commissioner Cetin, who went after the criminals who sells drugs, and Neslihan, the model who addicted to the drugs.

Suçlu Gençlik

1986

Yaşamak poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yaşamak

1988

Scenes of Tide poster
6.5

Two passionate lovers who can neither live together nor apart and who are increasingly consumed by each other allow this toxic relationship to make them lose control of their lives.

Scenes of Tide

1989

Kahreden Gençlik poster
10.0

Kemal is a successful journalist. He has a happy family with his wife Aynur and son Cengiz. Cengiz is known for his diligence at school. His classmates, however, are irresponsible, lazy, and fond of partying. He is in a romantic relationship with his classmate Sevil. At Sevil's birthday party, his friends force Cengiz to smoke marijuana. Cengiz becomes addicted to drugs.

Kahreden Gençlik

1985

Scenes I Imagine poster
4.5

Hayalimdeki Sahneler aims to explain and analyze scenes from 3 heavily queer coded Turkish films from 80s.

Scenes I Imagine

2020

Lionman II: The Witchqueen poster
6.5

A young man who has been raised by a witch uses his claw-like hands to battle his enemies and rescue a princess.

Lionman II: The Witchqueen

1979

Karanfilli Naciye poster
4.5

An affair between a wealthy teenager and a prostitute.

Karanfilli Naciye

1984