Muhsin Ertuğrul

Directing

Muhsin Ertuğrul

Born 1892-02-27 · Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1891 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa. Muhsin Ertuğrul, who had important contributions to Turkish cinema and Turkish theatre's western style instead of traditional theater. He was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892. His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of "Bob" in Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914. In 1932, He directed in first Turkish sound film "Bir Millet Uyanıyor" alongside Atıf Kaftan, Naşit Özcan. He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir (née Münire Eyüp), one of the first ever Turkish actresses, who debuted in the 1923 movie Ateşten Gömlek, directed by himself. The marriage lasted until Neyyire's death in 1943. Ertuğrul then married Handan Uran (born 1927) in 1950. A stage actress, she starred in her only movie, the 1953 Halıcı Kız which first Turkish colour film, once again directed by Ertuğrul himself. She survived her husband's death in 1979.

Acting credits

Shirt of Fire poster
9.0

Ayse who lost her husband and child during the occupation of Izmir by Greek Army in 1919 goes to Istanbul to attend demonstrations which are arranged against the occupation of Anatolia. And then she passes to Anatolia to be a nurse and meets with Ihsan there. At that time Turkish War of Independence starts and they participate to this battle together.

Shirt of Fire

1923

Kıskanç poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kıskanç

1942

Ankara Postası poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ankara Postası

1928

Samson poster
7.0

Based on Maurice Level's novel "L, Angoisse". The final film of Ilse Wilke.

Samson

1919

The Girl From The Marsh Croft poster
6.1

Aysel, while working for the strong Satilmiszade family, is seduced by her boss and becomes pregnant. Giving birth to the child, she applies to the court for alimony, but the father rejects the child. Ali, from another village is concerned with her situation, and he offers her a job: to accompany his disabled mother.

The Girl From The Marsh Croft

1934

The Tragedy at Kizkulesi poster
8.0

A man and his son work together as officers in a lighthouse in Istanbul. The son is bitten by a dog before his duty and as time passes by, he begins to behave strange and in the meantime women at the home begin to worry about this man and his son since the light of lighthouse is not turned on.

The Tragedy at Kizkulesi

1923

Victim of Lust poster
3.3

Ahmet, a bank teller, is a principled man who is organized in his work and family life. One day, he is assigned to collect money in Adana. On the train journey he takes for this purpose, a woman boards his compartment at one of the intermediate stations.

Victim of Lust

1940

Die Fürstin von Beranien poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Fürstin von Beranien

1918

Ateşten Gömlek poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ateşten Gömlek

1950

Behind the camera

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Söz Bir Allah Bir

1933

Karım Beni Aldatırsa poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Karım Beni Aldatırsa

1933

The Streets of Istanbul poster
9.0

Brothers are in love with the same woman who earns her life by singing songs at night clubs and by sponging on her lovers. One of these brothers (Rahmi) works at a bank. Rahmi spends the money of bank with this singer woman and sooner or later bank authorities find out his malfeasance which brings about a debt on the family of Rahmi; other brother bursts a blood vessel about actions of Rahmi and they face off against each other at nightclub.

The Streets of Istanbul

1931

Tosun Pasha poster
NR

The events taking place around an illegitimate child named Tosun.

Tosun Pasha

1939

Aynaroz Kadısı poster
10.0

The process of fraudulent seizure of the inheritance left to a minor Russian girl in a case led by an Islamic judge.

Aynaroz Kadısı

1938

Shirt of Fire poster
9.0

Ayse who lost her husband and child during the occupation of Izmir by Greek Army in 1919 goes to Istanbul to attend demonstrations which are arranged against the occupation of Anatolia. And then she passes to Anatolia to be a nurse and meets with Ihsan there. At that time Turkish War of Independence starts and they participate to this battle together.

Shirt of Fire

1923

Cici Berber poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cici Berber

1933

So-Called Girls poster
9.0

Based on the novel of Peyami Safa, the movie centers on the life of Mebure who arrives in Istanbul after the Greeks occupy Western Anatolia. In Istanbul, Mebure begins to live with her relatives who live in very good conditions and sooner or later Behic, the son of the house, starts to be interested in Mebure and tries to make use of her. In the meantime, Mebure tries to find her missing father.

So-Called Girls

1924

Yayla Kartalı poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yayla Kartalı

1945

Kıskanç poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kıskanç

1942

Naşit Dolandırıcı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Naşit Dolandırıcı

1933

Smugglers poster
7.0

Story of a poor fishmonger family consisting of a mother, a handmaid, and two sons. One of the sons (Talat) is involved in tobacco smuggling as a result of the incitement of his fishmonger friends in order to overcome the poverty and the other son becomes a watchman to struggle against smugglers; one day two sons face off against each other. A part-talkie film.

Smugglers

1929

The Carpetmaker Girl poster
6.7

Gül is a beautiful girl who lives with her mother by making carpets in Isparta. When her mother dies, she becomes derelict and decides to go to Istanbul. She is envied for her beauty and is attacked wherever she goes.

The Carpetmaker Girl

1953

The Million Hunters poster
8.0

It tells the story of the funny situations that occur when the advertisements placed in an advertising agency are mixed up due to the carelessness of the staff working in the office.

The Million Hunters

1934

Ankara Postası poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ankara Postası

1928

Ankara Postası poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ankara Postası

1928

Spartacus poster
NR

The owner of the gladiator school buys two slaves, the Thracian Spartacus and the Gaul Artorix. During the first fight in the arena, Spartacus wins over the Colloseum audience and his freedom. When freed from gladiator slavery, Spartacus calls slaves and Rome plebs for a rebel. The dictator Sulla dies. Spartacus and rebellious slaves lay out a camp near Vesuvius. The Roman commander Crassus is unable to take Spartacus’s camp by storm, so he lays siege to it. Spartacus is betrayed; he dies with his friend Artorix in a battle. The film is based on Raffaello Giovagnoli’s novel of the same name.

Spartacus

1926

The Chickpea Seller poster
8.0

Leblebici Horhor [The Chickpea Seller] is an adaption of an 1875 Turkish-language operetta by the Ottoman-Armenian composer Tigran Chukhajian. It has been claimed as one of the first original Turkish operettas. A silent film under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul, it was supported by the piano-playing of the operetta in the movie theater while it was shown to the audience.

The Chickpea Seller

1923

The Chickpea Seller poster
8.0

Leblebici Horhor [The Chickpea Seller] is an adaption of an 1875 Turkish-language operetta by the Ottoman-Armenian composer Tigran Chukhajian. It has been claimed as one of the first original Turkish operettas. A silent film under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul, it was supported by the piano-playing of the operetta in the movie theater while it was shown to the audience.

The Chickpea Seller

1923

Tamilla poster
5.0

Algeria, run by the French administration. Tamilla is a cheerful girl whose father, a respected member of the Méziane community of Kabylians, is looking for a favorable marriage. Mezian promises his daughter to the old merchant Lakhrash. This does not prevent him from selling Tamilla almost immediately for the second time, this time to a young handsome man named Akli, with whom the girl experiences short-term happiness. But later, Akli thinks about another wife. At the same time, Meziane is scheming to lure more money from Akli and pay off Lakhrash. Having already given birth to a child with Akli, Tamilla finally falls into Lakhrash's hands. Everything ends in tragedy, and Tamilla is imprisoned by an unjust sentence of French judges who are insensitive to Berber problems. Although Tamilla will be released, she is already "damaged goods". The film premiered in Turkey 92 years later with a special screening at the 56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Tamilla

1927

Kara Koyun poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kara Koyun

1946

Bir Millet Uyanıyor poster
8.0

The events begin on March 15, 1920. The captain Davut, who belongs to the Kuvva-i Milliye in Anatolia, and the commander Tilki join the alliance that first presses the Akbas Ammunition and transfers the ammunition to the Kuvva-i Milliye on a received code.

Bir Millet Uyanıyor

1932

The Mystery on the Bosphorus poster
9.0

Directed by Muhsin Ertugrul.

The Mystery on the Bosphorus

1922

Samson poster
7.0

Based on Maurice Level's novel "L, Angoisse". The final film of Ilse Wilke.

Samson

1919