Ekrem Bora

Acting

Ekrem Bora

Born — Died

1932-03-07 — 2012-04-01

Place of birth

Ankara, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor. After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participated in and won the "Sinema Artist" competition held by Sezai Solelli's Yıldız (Star) magazine. Bora made his film debut in Alın Yazısı in 1955. After leaving acting for two years, he returned as the leading actor in Mavi Boncuk and went on to appear in nearly 150 films. He won the Golden Orange award for Best Actor twice; first in 1966 for his role in Sürtük, and second in 1991 for Soğuktu Ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu. On 1 April 2012 he died in hospital in Istanbul, aged…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 15 titles

Sevilmek İstiyorum poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sevilmek İstiyorum

1974

Mağrur Kadın poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mağrur Kadın

1970

Evlat poster
NR

The film tells the story of a woman who is forced to choose between love and gratitude. Şeref has been longing for a child for years. However, he loses his wife and child during childbirth. On the same day, he is involved in an accident. He will never be able to become a father again. He tries to compensate for his loss by helping those around him. He also plays a key role in Yusuf and Ayşe's engagement. Yusuf sets off with his team to a mine in the mountains for a research project. The wedding is to take place upon his return. Ayşe, who is waiting for Yusuf to return from the mountains, is shaken by great sorrow. Her fiancé and his team have been buried under an avalanche. Fate has taken an unexpected turn for them.

Evlat

1972

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

Ayrılık poster
6.5

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

Ayrılık

1972

Ağlayan Melek poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ağlayan Melek

1970

Sezercik Yavrum Benim poster
5.2

A fatherless child and his mother struggle to make ends meet meanwhile the fatherless child is not aware that the strange he has met is actually his father who abandoned him and his mother years ago.

Sezercik Yavrum Benim

1971

A Woman Vanished poster
7.0

At the beginning of the business, the young husband and wife are on very good terms. Selma and Necmi sing love songs to each other. One day, an evil-hearted, abusive woman comes among them. A man forgets his home. He makes up all sorts of lies every time he arrives late, but eventually the matter comes to light.

A Woman Vanished

1971

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

Öksüzler poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

Öksüzler

1973

Children of Heaven poster
8.0

The story of two hostile families.

Children of Heaven

1977

Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır poster
8.0

Turkan is tormented by thoughts of her turbulent family past that has been blighted by family rivalries and intrigues.

Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır

1970

Dikiz Aynası poster
NR

Kazım is a driver. His girlfriend Leyla, who works as a secretary, leaves him one day. The neighbors try to help Kazım fall in love again and get back to life. When Kazım learns that the girl he fell in love with at first sight is disabled, he sells his car to pay for her surgery. Rıfat, an art dealer, refers Kazım, who is now unemployed, to Mine Koşan, a singer, and gets him a job as her driver. Kazım not only helps the disabled girl but also helps Mine Koşan reunite with her boyfriend Fuat. However, Kazım will not find a solution to his own problems.

Dikiz Aynası

1973

Kanlı Para poster
NR

The film is about Murat, a former criminal who gets back into crime. Murat robs a factory with a gang led by Bekir. Although he is caught after the robbery, he is released due to lack of evidence. On the night of the robbery, Murat's wife Zeynep gives birth to a daughter named Ayşe. Murat then tells Bekir that he is leaving the criminal life behind and starts working as a driver at a factory. However, Bekir's new target is the factory where Murat works. Bekir will resort to various schemes to involve Murat in the plan.

Kanlı Para

1972

Aşkın Gözyaşı poster
NR

The film tells the story of the difficulties faced by two young people who are in love with each other.

Aşkın Gözyaşı

1979

1960s · 35 titles

The Immortal Woman poster
7.0

Murat, who loses the woman he loves on the wedding day, is almost dead. However, after a while, Serap becomes a great hope for him.

The Immortal Woman

1967

Plajda Sevişelim poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Plajda Sevişelim

1964

Yaşamak İstiyorum poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yaşamak İstiyorum

1967

Ayşe Kız poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ayşe Kız

1960

Akdeniz Şarkısı poster
7.0

The film tells the story of a married businessman who falls in love with a young woman he meets abroad.

Akdeniz Şarkısı

1963

Umit Street poster
10.0

The film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich. Selim and Ali are friends. Ali wants to earn money and marry Lale, while Selim wants to escape from their neighborhood and poverty. Necdet, a mafia boss, once lived on Ümit Street, where Selim and Ali reside. Selim and Ali go to Necdet to ask for work. Necdet gives each of them a thousand lira and tells them to come back in five months with ten thousand lira. The two friends will get to know each other better during their individual struggles for survival.

Umit Street

1966

Kadın Severse poster
7.0

While hiking with her friends in the mountains, Nevin gets caught in a blizzard and goes missing. She is rescued by Dr. Ferit just as she is about to freeze to death. The young and beautiful girl stays as a guest at the doctor's mountain house that night and spends the night with him. However, Nevin is devastated when she learns from a letter she finds that Ferit is about to get married, and she flees. The distraught young woman returns home and leaves for abroad without telling anyone, including her mother Leyla. Ferit, who feels guilty about his relationship with Nevin and had been searching for her to marry her, has now given up hope. At that very moment, Ferit meets Leyla, Nevin's mother, who is his new patient, and falls in love with her shortly thereafter. The dramatic story of a man who falls in love with a mother and daughter without either of them knowing.

Kadın Severse

1968

Star Hill poster
8.5

A woman visits her relatives living in a village. Soon she realizes that the house has something strange going on with it.

Star Hill

1965

Avare Kız poster
9.0

Turgut kidnaps his two newborn nephews in order to become the sole heir to the family fortune. At that moment, an accident causes a fire to break out in the mansion. The babies' parents die in the fire. Turgut takes Ayla with him and raises her so that he can benefit from the inheritance. He gives Fatma to a man in exchange for money. The man leaves Fatma by the side of the road. A theater group passing by notices Fatma. The husband and wife in the group take Fatma with them. Ayla and Fatma will grow up without knowing about each other.

Avare Kız

1966

Günahsız Katiller poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Günahsız Katiller

1964

Beleş Osman poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beleş Osman

1965

The Guilty Are Among Us poster
7.5

In the mansion of a rich family living in Istanbul, a very valuable necklace is stolen. Suspecting that the thief is someone from inside the house, the owners start to approach the people working in the house with class differences and prejudices. The thieves realize that the necklace is fake.

The Guilty Are Among Us

1964

Bozuk Düzen poster
9.0

Based on Güner Sümer's play, Bozuk düzen tells the story of four children (Erol Keskin, Nedret Güvenç. Ekrem Bora and Salih Güney) trying to survive difficult relationships and situations they are involved in.

Bozuk Düzen

1966

Woman Despiser poster
5.8

A psychopath serial killer and a necrophiliac rapist wearing a Halloween mask and gloves chooses victims based on the fact that their first initial is the same as the district in which he kills them.

Woman Despiser

1967

Şoförün Kızı poster
9.0

Factory owner Ayhan is very dissatisfied with his brother Ekrem's lifestyle. So he decides to set Ekrem straight. He believes that Arzu, the daughter of his driver who is in love with Ekrem, can accomplish this task. He makes a deal and sends Arzu to Izmir. There, Arzu receives the necessary education to integrate into high society. Upon returning to Istanbul, Ekrem attempts to be with Arzu as planned. However, while Arzu and Ayhan are trying to change Ekrem, they will fall in love with each other.

Şoförün Kızı

1966

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

Kara Memed poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kara Memed

1964

Alevli Yıllar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alevli Yıllar

1968

Those Who Live Fast poster
NR

In the early 1960s, national newspapers were printed in Istanbul and delivered by van to various provinces across Anatolia; in many places, readers would only receive their newspapers days later. The film focuses on the drivers of the various newspapers who were locked in a fierce race against one another amidst this hustle and bustle.

Those Who Live Fast

1964

Aşk Tomurcukları poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aşk Tomurcukları

1963

Kiralık Kadın poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kiralık Kadın

1967

Evlat Uğruna poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Evlat Uğruna

1967

Aşk Eski Bir Yalan poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aşk Eski Bir Yalan

1968

Seni Benden Alamazlar poster
10.0

The story of a young man who falls in love with the daughter of his music teacher.

Seni Benden Alamazlar

1962

Kadın İntikamı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kadın İntikamı

1968

Bitirimsin Hanım Abla poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bitirimsin Hanım Abla

1964

Acı Hayat poster
6.5

Poor welder Mehmet and manicurist Nermin, who works in a high society hair salon, fall in love. When Nermin is obsessively haunted by a spoiled rich guy, their unadulterated love is disrupted.

Acı Hayat

1962

Artık Düşman Değiliz poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Artık Düşman Değiliz

1965

Her Zaman Kalbimdesin poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Her Zaman Kalbimdesin

1967

Fate Knocks poster
7.0

Necmi, who feels inadequate for his wife Leyla after an accident, hires a groom for his wife who loves to ride horses. In time, a love blossoms between the groom named Murat and Leyla.

Fate Knocks

1964

Ölüm Bizi Ayıramaz poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ölüm Bizi Ayıramaz

1963

Kalbe Vuran Düşman poster
10.0

On a desert island, a young engineer lives like Robinson Crusoe, with his dog called Cuma. One day, a dream woman appears. They make love, but the women is afraid of something unknown. The young man is mesmerized, but by the time they confess they are in love, some strangers kidnap her.

Kalbe Vuran Düşman

1964

The Stranger's Daughter poster
7.5

Saime, who does not find Nazan worthy of her son, does her best to separate the young people.

The Stranger's Daughter

1966

Aşka Susayanlar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aşka Susayanlar

1964

Gözleri Ömre Bedel poster
5.7

A brooding composer longs for his late wife, oblivious to the fact that mysteriously she is still alive since she has restarted her life as an alcoholic drifter. After a late night concert the two come across each other.

Gözleri Ömre Bedel

1964

1950s · 3 titles

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