Eşref Kolçak

Acting

Eşref Kolçak

Born — Died

1927-01-28 — 2019-05-26

Place of birth

İspir, Erzurum, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

89 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

Five Minarets in New York poster
5.5

Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.

Five Minarets in New York

2010

The Exiled Cow poster
5.7

The year 1997... In the days when people are exiled for their thoughts, now the tables have turned and the freedom of a cow living in the village of Gomalak is in danger. "The Exiled Cow". inspired from a true story, tells the tale of Sarikiz, with its spectacular cast and now meets the audience as the comedy of the century...

The Exiled Cow

2014

Hayalimdeki Köy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hayalimdeki Köy

2019

Elim Sende poster
NR

Bulut and Mavi fell in love the moment they first saw each other. However, no one has the courage to speak of this love. The ups and downs, love-filled, heartwarming story of two lovers who are unaware of each other.

Elim Sende

2018

Karınca Kapanı poster
5.0

Münevver Sarıselimoğlu is the wife of Güven Sarıselimoğlu, the owner of a large holding company operating in many fields, primarily the construction sector. Living under her husband's constant supervision and suffering from pressure and violence, Münevver is very unhappy. Seeking to exact revenge and cause her husband some pain, she begins searching for a plan. Through her friend Özgür, she meets Galip, a fearless mafia member. Galip takes Münevver's desire for revenge to the next level, devising a plan so daring that no one could have imagined it. Ultimately, this will lead to a chaos that Güven never anticipated...

Karınca Kapanı

2014

We Hit The Road poster
9.0

Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.

We Hit The Road

2014

Temel ile Dursun İstanbul'da poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Temel ile Dursun İstanbul'da

2016

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema poster
7.1

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema

2019

2000s · 3 titles

Güle Güle poster
7.1

Car mechanic Şemsi separated from his wife years ago and lives alone, far away from his only child. Celal is a disciplined retired colonel married to Zarife. İsmet is an introverted film buff who has spent his life on the island, while Galip is a faithful platonic lover who has lived a strange "love" with Rosa, a Cuban woman he saw only once, and has never betrayed this woman with whom he has been corresponding for years. Unable to afford to go to Cuba or bring Rosa there, Galip falls ill and learns he has cancer. His friends do everything they can to make him happy before he dies, even putting their homes up for sale. But when the money still isn't enough, there's only one thing left to do: To obtain the money needed to send Galip to Cuba, they decide to rob five charming elderly bankers!

Güle Güle

2000

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür poster
8.0

An elderly man whose 15-year-old granddaughter ran away from home writes letters to his wife, who suffered a heart attack because of this incident, to comfort her. In these letters, he writes that his granddaughter has settled in America and is living a happy life. This situation lasts for 15 years. Then one day, his grandchildren call and announce they are coming, and events take a surprising turn.

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür

2000

Yeşil Işık poster
4.3

The legendary love story of Ali and Elif. Ali, who lost everything due to the impact of September 11 on the stock market, dies of a heart attack and goes to the other side. However, he is not accepted on the other side because his time is not up. He cannot return to the world either because his liver has been transplanted into someone else. Ali's angel, Yakup, tells him that his only chance is to find the person who received his liver and kill them.

Yeşil Işık

2002

1980s · 11 titles

Takip poster
9.0

The film tells the story of two fugitives and the retired police commissioner who pursues them. A vehicle used to transport a group of prisoners is involved in a traffic accident. Two of the prisoners, Blind Mustafa and Condemned Hasan, manage to escape. Bad weather conditions and the wooded terrain make it impossible to find the prisoners. However, retired police commissioner Hüseyin, who has not found what he expected from life, sets out in pursuit of the prisoners. His goal is to prove himself to his son by bringing the prisoners to justice. Hüseyin catches up with the prisoners deep in the forest. However, the roads are closed due to heavy snow, which turns the situation in the prisoners' favor.

Takip

1981

Öğretmen Kemal poster
8.0

Kemal a simple teacher arrives in a remote village to start a new school and teach the young ones, when he gets there he faces a strong opposition to his idea by the village master. Kemal with the help of few villagers tries to fight back the ignorance and oppression to give a hope for the poor people of the village.

Öğretmen Kemal

1981

Yarın Ağlayacağım poster
NR

A man whose life is in difficulties becomes a prosecutor, but he has problems with his wife due to a wrong marriage, and in the meantime he gets close to a journalist.

Yarın Ağlayacağım

1986

Dört Yanım Cehennem poster
10.0

Drama about a former criminal who tries to walk away from the life of crime.

Dört Yanım Cehennem

1982

Yaranamadım poster
NR

The revenge story of a poor man, whose love interest gets raped.

Yaranamadım

1985

Madame poster
7.2

An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only friend, after her death. As she tries to find someone to take care of her cat, the generational clash of the times and the drastically changing urban identity of Istanbul confront her with an unpleasant prospect.

Madame

1988

Dikenli Yol poster
NR

The film tells the story of a political criminal after his release from prison. Hüseyin is sent to prison for a crime he committed while he was a university student. His fiancée's brother, Yadigar, is also wanted for the same crime. Hüseyin sends Yadigar to his brother Aziz's house for help. However, while helping Yadigar, Aziz is shot and killed. Years later, a pardon is issued, and Hüseyin is released from prison. Upon returning home, Hüseyin will try to rebuild his life.

Dikenli Yol

1986

Önce Hayaller Ölür poster
7.0

Kemal leads a happy life with his family. One day, Kemal gets into trouble as he witnesses a car accident. A teacher dies in the accident. The house of Kemal, who testified to the incident, is set on fire by unknown persons. In the police investigation, it is revealed that a businessman named Osman Sertoğlu had a hand in both the accident and the arson. However, Osman is released as there is not enough evidence. The only eyewitness the police have is Kemal. For this Osman tries to dissuade Kemal from testifying. To this end, he kidnaps Kemal's wife. However, Kemal has no intention of giving up his testimony.

Önce Hayaller Ölür

1981

Altar poster
7.5

A Turkish knock off of Italian Pepulum movies. Sometimes referred to as Turkish Conan.

Altar

1985

Handcuffs poster
8.0

Çetin Inanç directs Cüneyt Arkin in a crime flick with fast pacing, fast cars, fast fights.

Handcuffs

1982

Kahır poster
5.5

Hayri Bey accuse an innocent young man for a murder committed by his son Metin. Hülya, the sister of the accused, is joined by Orhan in a fight for justice against the powerful Hayri Bey.

Kahır

1983

1970s · 13 titles

Tek Başına poster
6.5

The film tells the story of a man who witnesses a major drug ring. Kemal is a middle-class employee at a company. One night, Kemal's car breaks down on his way home, so he leaves it where it is. That night, a murder is committed by a major drug ring at the spot where he left his car. Kemal did not witness the murder. However, Commissioner Murat tells him that the network can be dismantled thanks to his testimony. Nevertheless, the network has already killed everyone who has testified against them. Kemal agrees to testify. However, the network has already taken action to silence him.

Tek Başına

1976

Kader Bu poster
NR

An adaptation of the Indian film "Avare."

Kader Bu

1976

Şehitler poster
NR

The film tells the story of Lieutenant Kemal and his four friends who participated in the Cyprus Peace Operation on a special mission. Kemal goes to Cyprus on a secret mission, where he meets with the mujahideen. First, he must find Osman, Reşit, Ahmet, and Emin. However, he cannot find them among the mujahideen because they are all in prison. To rescue them from prison, he somehow gets himself imprisoned as well. After enduring all the torture, he reunites with his friends. The team later escapes from prison and sets out to carry out their mission. Their objective is to destroy the radar that provides intelligence to the Greeks and tracks all Turkish military vehicles.

Şehitler

1974

Görünmeyen Düşman poster
8.0

The story of a police chief. The police chief, who has a tough but honest personality, marries the girl he loves. Some time later, it turns out that his father-in-law is a leading member of a mafia gang. The police chief goes after his father-in-law. Because of this incident, the happy life between the police chief and his wife turns into various conflicts, but in the end, everything works out.

Görünmeyen Düşman

1979

Soğukkanlılar poster
NR

The film takes on the efforts Kemal, a guy working for the mafia, makes to change his life. Kemal has grown up in a suburb of İstanbul. He has become very rich after starting to work for the mafia. Having lied to his father and neighbors that he works as a manager in a company, Kemal gets caught by the police during a smuggling operation. He serves a long time in prison for his crime. After his release, he comes to find everyone’s back is turned on him. His ex-employer Nihat offers Kemal his job back. Yedibela Nuri, the police chief, on the other hand, wants him to become an informant. Kemal turns both proposals down. However, Nihat has no thought of letting Kemal go.

Soğukkanlılar

1973

The Return of Superman poster
4.0

Born out of a Christmas ornaments-filled heaven, Turkish Superman fights the mob in order to save the day!

The Return of Superman

1979

Akrep Yuvası poster
5.5

The film is about a cop and a hitman meeting up. Kemal is a cop. He stops the mafia in Istanbul from doing stuff like drug dealing and smuggling. The mafia boss Abbas has to get rid of Kemal because the big boss, Grandpa, told him to. He makes a deal with Kadırgalı Tahir, an ex-con. Kadırgalı Tahir just got out of jail. Though he wants to leave his criminal ways behind, he agrees to kill Kemal to provide his son with a better life. When Kadırgalı Tahir and Kemal face off, they will confront the dark parts of their pasts.

Akrep Yuvası

1977

Ölüm Görevi poster
7.0

The film tells the story of police chief Şahin, who fights relentlessly against criminals. Şahin and his friend Turgut are assigned to gather evidence about a global crime syndicate. Haşmet and Denisos are the leaders of this crime syndicate. Şahin gathers a lot of evidence that reveals the true nature of Haşmet, who plays the role of a philanthropic businessman in his normal life. However, the organization sets a trap for the two police officers just as the truth is about to come to light. Turgut loses his hands, while Şahin loses his eyesight. Both friends become disillusioned with life. Şahin's girlfriend Lale helps him cling to life. Şahin begins preparing for revenge.

Ölüm Görevi

1978

Kalleş poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kalleş

1974

Yuvanın Bekçileri poster
NR

A story of two men, fighting over their love for the same woman.

Yuvanın Bekçileri

1977

Cemil poster
6.2

Commissioner Cemil finds the body of a young girl on the beach as a result of the tip he received while patrolling.

Cemil

1975

Dry Summer poster
5.5

A cruel landlord ruins not only the villagers' life but also his brothers and his own. Describes the life in a Turkish village during 1960s.

Dry Summer

1973

Lanet poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lanet

1977

1960s · 15 titles

Kocadağlı poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kocadağlı

1967

Aşk Bekliyor poster
7.0

Having lost his family, Cem (Eşref Kolçak) takes shelter with his mother's brother-in-law, Hurşit Bey. Hurşit Bey, who has two little daughters, accepts Cem as a child. Cem grows up with Canan (Muhterem Nur) and Müjde (Nebahat Çehre). Meanwhile, he falls in love with Canan. Hurşit Bey marries Süeda (Gülen Kıpçak), who is much younger than him. Time passes and Cem and Canan begin their marriage preparations. But the new lady of the house, Süeda, falls in love with Cem. She does everything she can to get Cem. Meanwhile, she takes her stepdaughters away from home. Not content with this, he traps Canan and causes her death. Müjde, on the other hand, is forced to marry Ekrem (Hayati Hamzaoğlu), whom she has no interest in. Cem goes abroad to escape all these events. After a while, he receives news from Müjde, who her husband cheated on...

Aşk Bekliyor

1962

The Man in Glass poster
9.0

The story of a man who lives outside the law.

The Man in Glass

1962

Gece Kuşu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gece Kuşu

1960

Boşver Doktor poster
7.0

One day, Dr. Kamil realizes that his wallet has been stolen. He suspects Sevim, a woman he met the night before. He goes to the police to find out more about Sevim. He learns that Sevim has committed theft and fraud and that her ex-husband is in prison for similar crimes. He goes to Sevim's house, and an argument ensues between them. Sevim explains that she resorted to this path to educate her daughter Oya. Dr. Kamil finds Oya's school tuition payments and tries to dissuade Sevim from her actions. Meanwhile, Sevim's ex-husband Sadri escapes from prison and attempts to kidnap their daughter Oya. Upon learning this, Dr. Kamil will try to rescue Sevim from Sadri.

Boşver Doktor

1962

Düşman Kardeşler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Düşman Kardeşler

1965

Dertli Pınar poster
8.5

A love story set in a village. It is a tale of love that prevails over the feudal lord.

Dertli Pınar

1968

For Chastity poster
6.5

A young taxi-driver tries to make his newly married wife happy and joyful. But the wife, seduced by luxury and class, thinks otherwise and it leads to bad outcomes.

For Chastity

1960

Çıkar Yol poster
7.0

The film tells the story of young businessman Vedat's bankruptcy and descent into theft. Young businessman Vedat is the owner of a company that operates a mine. However, when his company goes bankrupt, he kills his girlfriend Vildan and flees with her necklace. Vedat, who is looking for his friend Kazım, settles in the boarding house where Kazım is staying and begins to wait for him. Yaşar, the son of the boarding house owner, is after the necklace that Vedat has. However, with the help of Seher, who is also staying at the same pension, Vedat escapes Yaşar's traps and grows close to Seher. This closeness leads Vedat to remember his past.

Çıkar Yol

1962

Dağlar Bulutlu Efem poster
7.0

During the final years of the Ottoman Empire, occupying forces raided villages and oppressed the people. Nationalist fighters Süleyman Ağa and his friends organized themselves and planned to launch a resistance against the enemy. They wanted Mehmet, Süleyman Ağa's son in Istanbul, to lead the organization. For this reason, Mehmet returned to his homeland years later. However, Mehmet would not act according to the plans made by the nationalist fighters.

Dağlar Bulutlu Efem

1962

Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez

1961

Hancının Kızı poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hancının Kızı

1963

Aysecik: Şeytan Çekici poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aysecik: Şeytan Çekici

1960

Yarın Bizimdir poster
7.0

Two friends take action with the public to establish the cooperative they want to set up. The mayor tries to prevent the establishment of the cooperative, fearing that they will become his rivals.

Yarın Bizimdir

1963

Erkek Ali poster
7.0

This is the story of a young man who rebels against the Agha class in the east side of Turkey. The story ends with the death of the young man, who remains in the little girl he left an orphan and the young widow who is passionately in love with him.

Erkek Ali

1964

1950s · 6 titles

Series credits

Siyaset Meydanı poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Siyaset Meydanı

1994

Golden Butterfly Awards poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golden Butterfly Awards

1973

Laf Lafı Açıyor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Laf Lafı Açıyor

1991

Endless Love poster
6.8

Kınalı Kar is a miniseries portraying the love stories of several people in the Turkish village of Kınalı Kar, most notably Ali and Nazar.

Endless Love

2002

The Rose and the Thorn poster
8.0

Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.

The Rose and the Thorn

2004

Altın Koza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Altın Koza

1969

Hayat Devam Ediyor poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Hayat Devam Ediyor

2011

Kuruluş Osmancık poster
8.6

A TV series adapted from Tarık Buğra's novel "Osmancık" telling the story of the founding of the Ottoman Empire.

Kuruluş Osmancık

1988

Kınalı Kuzular poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kınalı Kuzular

2006

Yuva poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yuva

1990

Zeynep poster
NR

Losing her parents in an accident, little Zeynep returns to Turkey and has to live with her grandfather. The warm story of a grumpy old man and his lovely granddaughter.

Zeynep

2005

Zeynep poster
NR

Losing her parents in an accident, little Zeynep returns to Turkey and has to live with her grandfather. The warm story of a grumpy old man and his lovely granddaughter.

Zeynep

2005

Yağmur Zamanı poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yağmur Zamanı

2004

Küçük Ağa poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Küçük Ağa

1984

Affet Bizi Hocam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Affet Bizi Hocam

1998

Çalıkuşu poster
9.3

Pioneered the first female narration ever on Turkish TV series follows a female teacher at the end of age of Classicism examining the role of business women in the post-modern society.

Çalıkuşu

1986

Sahte Dünyalar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sahte Dünyalar

1995

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tutkunum Sana

2006

No artwork available
NR

A story based on the transition to a multi-party political system in the 1930s.

Yağmur Beklerken

1992

Zirvedekiler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zirvedekiler

1995

Derman Bey poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Derman Bey

2000

Protect and Serve poster
1.0

a story that traces a book in which deep state secrets are kept hidden, conspiracy theories, assassinations, provocations, and unsolved murders.

Protect and Serve

2008

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sırılsıklam

1998

Denizin Kanı poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Denizin Kanı

1978

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Polis

1992

Goncakaranfil poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Goncakaranfil

2008

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yadigar

2004

Yeşilçam Denizi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yeşilçam Denizi

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aşk ve Gurur

1995