Duygu Sağıroğlu

Writing

Duygu Sağıroğlu

Born 1932-11-10 · Trabzon, Turkey

Duygu Sağıroğlu (November 10, 1932, Trabzon - April 29, 2023, Istanbul) was a Turkish screenwriter , film director , theater set designer, art director and lecturer. He started making sets at Küçük Sahne during his high school education. His nickname in high school was Deli Mıgır. After Galatasaray High School , he studied at Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture. In 1956, he started working as a set designer and graphic designer at Küçük Sahne . He designed sets in theater for a long time. He was among the founders of the Theater Association and Cep Theater . He worked on designing theater sets in America, where he went with a Rockefeller scholarship. When he returned to Turkey, he designed opera sets. He started working in the field of cinema as an assistant in the film " Karacaoğlanın Kara Sevdası " directed by Atıf Yılmaz in 1959. During this period, he worked as a set designer, art director and assistant director in many films.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Empty Crib poster
8.0

Despite the intense pressure from the environment and the fact that relatives do not accept the situation, Ali, who loves Fatma very much, is determined not to leave his wife. After years of depression, the couple has a child. But a wild bird that appears during a migration will upset all plans again.

The Empty Crib

1969

Kuduz Recep poster
9.0

The film tells the story of a gang leader who helps in the national struggle. Paşa receives gold from foreign powers in order to neutralize the National Forces. Meanwhile, Captain Murat, gang leader Kuduz Recep, and his men raid Paşa's house. They seize all the gold and set off for Ankara. Kuduz Recep says he cannot continue on the journey because he was wounded in the raid. He takes the gold and flees with his men. Captain Murat pursues Kuduz Recep and his men. Hamza, one of Recep's men, takes advantage of Recep's injury, ties him up, and throws him into the river. He hides the gold and takes over as the leader of the gang. Captain Murat finds Recep in the river and they begin searching for Hamza together. Captain Murat is killed during a clash with Hamza's men. Meanwhile, Recep finds Hamza and takes the gold. He will then set off to transport the gold to Ankara.

Kuduz Recep

1967

Kuduz Recep poster
9.0

The film tells the story of a gang leader who helps in the national struggle. Paşa receives gold from foreign powers in order to neutralize the National Forces. Meanwhile, Captain Murat, gang leader Kuduz Recep, and his men raid Paşa's house. They seize all the gold and set off for Ankara. Kuduz Recep says he cannot continue on the journey because he was wounded in the raid. He takes the gold and flees with his men. Captain Murat pursues Kuduz Recep and his men. Hamza, one of Recep's men, takes advantage of Recep's injury, ties him up, and throws him into the river. He hides the gold and takes over as the leader of the gang. Captain Murat finds Recep in the river and they begin searching for Hamza together. Captain Murat is killed during a clash with Hamza's men. Meanwhile, Recep finds Hamza and takes the gold. He will then set off to transport the gold to Ankara.

Kuduz Recep

1967

Gönülden Yaralılar poster
5.3

Murat, an accountant at a company, lives a happy life with his wife Zeynep and daughter Selam. Gönül, a member of a gang, drugs Murat and steals the keys to the company safe from his pocket. That night, Kenan and his gang rob the company safe.

Gönülden Yaralılar

1973

Namus poster
6.0

Orhan, the son of Kemal Bey, the owner of the farm, rapes Zeynep, the daughter of Ali Kâhya. Zeynep, who had pinned her hopes on the promise of marriage, does not tell anyone about it. When Kemal Bey learns of the situation, he decides to marry the couple. However, he dies before his wish can be fulfilled. Orhan, who does not want to marry Zeynep, sells her to others. Unable to return to her village due to this situation, Zeynep begins working as a prostitute. When Ali Kâhya comes to Istanbul, the truth is revealed. Ali Kâhya takes Zeynep and returns to the village. However, the evil Orhan will inflict on the family does not end there.

Namus

1973

Namus poster
6.0

Orhan, the son of Kemal Bey, the owner of the farm, rapes Zeynep, the daughter of Ali Kâhya. Zeynep, who had pinned her hopes on the promise of marriage, does not tell anyone about it. When Kemal Bey learns of the situation, he decides to marry the couple. However, he dies before his wish can be fulfilled. Orhan, who does not want to marry Zeynep, sells her to others. Unable to return to her village due to this situation, Zeynep begins working as a prostitute. When Ali Kâhya comes to Istanbul, the truth is revealed. Ali Kâhya takes Zeynep and returns to the village. However, the evil Orhan will inflict on the family does not end there.

Namus

1973

As Long as We Live poster
7.0

Blinded because of Orhan, Ayse falls in love with Orhan, whose face she cannot see. However, Ayse's possibility to see will cause a dilemma for Orhan, who is afraid of losing her.

As Long as We Live

1969

Lionman poster
5.8

When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.

Lionman

1975

Yanaşma poster
7.8

Memo is a young man who serves the village chief in his house. The chief took him into his service as a servant at a young age. The chief's daughter, Cano, falls in love with Memo. Memo also has feelings for Cano. However, because he is afraid of the chief, he initially runs away from this love. He is hopeless about the future. He is aware that he is only a servant.

Yanaşma

1973

Yanaşma poster
7.8

Memo is a young man who serves the village chief in his house. The chief took him into his service as a servant at a young age. The chief's daughter, Cano, falls in love with Memo. Memo also has feelings for Cano. However, because he is afraid of the chief, he initially runs away from this love. He is hopeless about the future. He is aware that he is only a servant.

Yanaşma

1973

Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları poster
10.0

Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri Aygün, the film tells the relationship of a mentally-ill woman and the doctor whom she loved in her youth.

Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları

1969

I Live When I Die poster
10.0

Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz Güney confirms his acting qualities with a pathetic composition.

I Live When I Die

1965

I Live When I Die poster
10.0

Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz Güney confirms his acting qualities with a pathetic composition.

I Live When I Die

1965

Her Zaman Kalbimdesin poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Her Zaman Kalbimdesin

1967

Three Friends poster
5.7

A blind panhandler girl as an idealist dreamer joins three cronies in a supper, after which the cronies decide to rob a rich man's villa to collect enough money for her to recover from blindness. But they'd never guessed what would happen when her eyes see the daylight.

Three Friends

1971

Savulun Battal Gazi Geliyor poster
5.6

After his family is killed in front of his eyes, a little boy grows up to be the nightmare of Byzantine's Black Knighthood.

Savulun Battal Gazi Geliyor

1973

Homeland and Namık Kemal poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Homeland and Namık Kemal

1969

Homeland and Namık Kemal poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Homeland and Namık Kemal

1969

The Road That Has No End poster
5.7

The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great expectations, but soon confront the difficulties of adjusting to life there. After days of job hunting, they finally find employment in the harbor.

The Road That Has No End

1965

The Road That Has No End poster
5.7

The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great expectations, but soon confront the difficulties of adjusting to life there. After days of job hunting, they finally find employment in the harbor.

The Road That Has No End

1965

Korkusuz Cengâver poster
7.2

Two rebels battle an evil king in a fantasy medieval Turkish kingdom. Identifying tattoos, galley slavery, stoning, beheadings, sword fights abound. A disneyesque fantasy history yarn, except for the rather extreme violence.

Korkusuz Cengâver

1976

Korkusuz Cengâver poster
7.2

Two rebels battle an evil king in a fantasy medieval Turkish kingdom. Identifying tattoos, galley slavery, stoning, beheadings, sword fights abound. A disneyesque fantasy history yarn, except for the rather extreme violence.

Korkusuz Cengâver

1976

Leyla and Mecnun poster
4.3

The film tells the story of Ali and Leyla's struggle to be together. Leyla and Ali, who are cousins, swear to love each other forever when they are children. However, when Ali's family moves to a different place, the two are forced to part ways. Years later, their paths cross again. The two young people want to get married. However, the conflict between their families and Hamza's plans to marry Leyla stand in the way of their marriage. Nevertheless, the obstacles they face will not deter the two young people.

Leyla and Mecnun

1972

Leyla and Mecnun poster
4.3

The film tells the story of Ali and Leyla's struggle to be together. Leyla and Ali, who are cousins, swear to love each other forever when they are children. However, when Ali's family moves to a different place, the two are forced to part ways. Years later, their paths cross again. The two young people want to get married. However, the conflict between their families and Hamza's plans to marry Leyla stand in the way of their marriage. Nevertheless, the obstacles they face will not deter the two young people.

Leyla and Mecnun

1972