Senih Orkan

Acting

Senih Orkan

Born — Died

1932-06-06 — 2008-02-28

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 55 titles

Topkapi poster
6.5

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

Topkapi

1964

Dişi Şeytan poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dişi Şeytan

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Umschulung

1969

Ölüm Peşimizde poster
8.0

Burhan works as a driver at the factory where his father works. He is also preparing to marry Zehra, one of the factory workers. Zehra's brother Hüsnü and the factory accountant Namık hatch a plan to rob the factory. They decide to rob the factory's treasurer. They agree with two more workers from the factory to help them. During the robbery, something goes wrong. Hüsnü kills the treasurer and one of the workers and escapes. Nazif Usta, who was at the factory at the time, is arrested at the scene and sentenced to death in court. However, Burhan will try to find the culprits to save his father.

Ölüm Peşimizde

1960

Vagabond poster
7.2

Kazım earns his living by fishing and selling books on the street. The lonely life he has been leading for many years in his small hut, has made him despise all humans and himself. But a new encounter reminds him that he is human again.

Vagabond

1967

The Last Birds poster
6.3

A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.

The Last Birds

1965

Hazreti Eyüb'ün Sabrı poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hazreti Eyüb'ün Sabrı

1965

Katilin Kızı poster
10.0

Ayhan falls in love with Hulusi Bey's daughter, Ayten. However, Hulusi Bey does not want to give his daughter to Ayhan. So Ayhan kidnaps Ayten and they get married. A short time later, they have a daughter named Oya. Unfortunately, Ayten dies during childbirth. Blaming Ayhan for his granddaughter's death, Hulusi Bey will try to take custody of his granddaughter.

Katilin Kızı

1964

Beyond the Nights poster
7.8

Seven friends living in the same neighborhood with different aims form a gang to rob gas stations in pursuit of their shared desire for money. The film serves as a critique of the socio-economic situation of Türkiye and the approach to the "American Dream" in the period of time before May 27th.

Beyond the Nights

1960

The Bread Seller Woman poster
6.0

Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.

The Bread Seller Woman

1965

Efkârlıyım Abiler poster
7.5

Arif is a street vendor who drinks every night and constantly gets into trouble and ends up in jail. His uncle Necmettinzade Rüknettin does not want Arif to live a vagrant life, but Arif cannot live with him because of his strictness. One night, Fatoş, who is desperate, approaches Arif and tells him she has run away from her stepmother. Arif and Fatoş begin living together. Arif, who is in love with Fatoş, wants to escape the poverty they are in. However, Fatoş is not the person Arif is in love with.

Efkârlıyım Abiler

1966

Forbidden Love poster
7.0

The story of a love-triangle with a middle-aged husband, a young wife and a young man.

Forbidden Love

1961

Hırsız poster
9.0

The story of a safe cracker who reunites with his estranged wife and daughter after many years, but is forced to play a "wealth game" because of the lies he told them about himself.

Hırsız

1965

Çelik Bilek poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Çelik Bilek

1967

Affetmeyen Kadın poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Affetmeyen Kadın

1964

Beyaz Güvercin poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beyaz Güvercin

1963

Love and Grudge poster
10.0

Zihni becomes permanently disabled because of car accident. Zihni's brother and sister chase to Zihni's wealth. In such a case Cahide is at loose end. She loves Dr. Kadri but she can't leave from her husband.

Love and Grudge

1964

Akşamcı poster
10.0

Osman, who owns a repair shop, is preparing for his wedding with his girlfriend Hülya. With the help of the whole neighborhood, he prepares his house. However, on the day of the wedding, Hülya has an accident and loses her life. Unable to accept Hülya's death, Osman waits for her to come every day. He closes his shop and spends his time at the tavern. One night at the tavern, he encounters a young girl who has run away from home. He helps this girl, whose name is Mine, and takes her into his home. Mine will change Osman's life.

Akşamcı

1968

The Unending Fear poster
10.0

A young woman studying in Europe returns home to find that her father has been murdered. The perpetrators, in order to seize her inheritance, try to drive her insane.

The Unending Fear

1965

Boş Yuva poster
7.0

A young man who returns to his ex-girlfriend when it turns out that his child was not from his wife.

Boş Yuva

1961

Yaşlı Gözler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yaşlı Gözler

1967

Sevdalı Efe poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sevdalı Efe

1961

Golden Boy in Beirut poster
6.5

The story of the spy “Golden Boy” continues, now living in Beirut.

Golden Boy in Beirut

1967

Golden Boy in Beirut poster
6.5

The story of the spy “Golden Boy” continues, now living in Beirut.

Golden Boy in Beirut

1967

Elalem Ne Der poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Elalem Ne Der

1962

Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası poster
10.0

Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her.

Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası

1964

Sefiller poster
6.0

Zafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey.

Sefiller

1967

Güneş Doğmasın poster
9.0

Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire).

Güneş Doğmasın

1961

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

Mor Defter poster
8.0

The film tells the story of how Suphi brings together the people around him in the imaginary world he has created. Suphi's girlfriend İffet dies in an accident. Feeling responsible for the accident, Suphi loses his sanity. He begins to construct a story in his mind. In the story, İffet is first killed. The autopsy reveals that İffet was killed using one of the methods that leave no trace. His brother-in-law, Professor İsmail Sami, directs suspicion toward Suphi. Suphi begins to uncover the truth behind the events with the help of Meryem, İsmail Sami's assistant. However, as Suphi himself begins to doubt the truth, the events take a complicated turn.

Mor Defter

1964

Krallar Kralı poster
6.0

It tells the story of how Murat's life changed when he was caught committing a robbery. While searching for a way out of his poverty, Murat gets involved in Yusuf and Sabri's robbery plans. They promise not to betray each other if they get caught. Murat is caught at the last moment. He takes all the blame and is sentenced to twenty years in prison. Yusuf and Sabri break their promise and do not visit Murat in prison. Murat spends years waiting for the day he will be released. During this time, Yusuf and Sabri invest the money they earned and become wealthy. When Murat is released, he demands a share not only of the money from the robbery but of everything they own. When Yusuf and Sabri refuse, a bitter struggle ensues between them.

Krallar Kralı

1965

Red River, Black Sheep poster
5.6

The daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married for traditional reasons, but the village elders find a way out of this dilemma: if the herdsman manages to make his thirsty sheep cross the river without drinking from the water then the marriage will be allowed.

Red River, Black Sheep

1967

Horoz Nuri: Çapkınlar Kralı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Horoz Nuri: Çapkınlar Kralı

1965

Otobüs Yolcuları poster
6.3

An example of social realism in Turkish cinema, the story follows a bus driver who takes side of the poor who has been exploited by a rich man with the promise of making new apartments for them.

Otobüs Yolcuları

1961

Bücür poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bücür

1964

Son Söz Benim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Son Söz Benim

1967

Suçsuz Firari poster
7.0

The film tells the story of musician Kenan's imprisonment as a result of a false accusation. Kenan lives with his sister Mine. He works as a musician in a bar. Kenan's boss, Turgut, has his partner Burhan killed for his own gain. However, all the witnesses and evidence point to Kenan as the murderer. Soon, Kenan learns that Mümtaz, who works at the bar, knows the real killer. However, Mümtaz refuses to tell Kenan anything to protect himself and his daughter. Unable to prove his innocence on his own, Kenan will receive help from Mümtaz's daughter, Suna.

Suçsuz Firari

1966

Yılmayan Adam poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yılmayan Adam

1967

Sahte Nikah poster
10.0

The film tells the story of Ferit and Tülin, whose paths cross because of a will. Ferit cannot claim the inheritance left to him by his uncle because he cannot prove it. His uncle's other relatives have divided everything left to Ferit among themselves. Ferit decides to go to Istanbul to find the will. He prepares to set sail in the evening. On the same day, Tülin, who is getting married, discovers that her fiancé has been cheating on her. She leaves a letter for her mother and runs away from home. She hides on Ferit's boat as he sets sail for Istanbul. Ferit, who finds Tülin hiding, mistakes her for a thief. He treats her harshly throughout the journey and makes her do the work on the boat. When they arrive in Istanbul, Ferit learns that his relatives plan to hire a married couple as servants for the mansion. He asks Tülin to help him. Tülin and Ferit, pretending to be married, will try to find the will.

Sahte Nikah

1962

Geçti Buranın Pazarı poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Geçti Buranın Pazarı

1962

Istanbul Give Me Your Hand poster
4.0

Kemal and Cebbar, who dream of going to Istanbul, sell their shops in Adana. Kemal comes to Istanbul to get the shop money. Here she meets A Decel and there is a rapprochement between them. Meanwhile, he finds out that Cebbar has to come to get the money. Arriving in Istanbul the next day, Cebbar admits that the money is not for the shop, but because he is an informant. Kemal, who understands that they are in trouble, will try to get out of this situation while taking care of Aysel on the one hand.

Istanbul Give Me Your Hand

1962

Üç Tekerlekli Bisiklet poster
6.7

Üç tekerlekli bisiklet (Tricycle aka The Three-Wheeled Bicycle, I962) is a love story about a lonely woman with a small child and the man she hides in her house, who is chased and trapped, one of the staple motifs of Lutfi Akad’s cinema.

Üç Tekerlekli Bisiklet

1962

Çanakkale Aslanları poster
10.0

The film focuses on the epic struggle that took place during the Battle of Gallipoli. The Dardanelles Strait was surrounded by British forces from the Allied Powers. The British, who landed at the Arıburnu coves, intended to advance into the interior. British attacks on many fronts were repelled with great sacrifice. Those behind the front lines also assisted those on the front lines with all their might. During this time, the Turkish navy ship Muavenet-i Milliye succeeded in sinking the British navy ship Goliath. These sacrifices would herald that victory was not far off.

Çanakkale Aslanları

1964

Düşman Aşıklar poster
10.0

The film tells the story of Gonca, who pursues a man who tortured her fiancé and caused his death. Gonca, who accidentally caused the death of her fiancé Kemal, vows to take revenge on the mafia boss known as Tüccar, who is responsible for the incident. Gonca and her assistant Cemil begin following clues that will lead them to Tüccar. Gonca, who is aware of a plan Tüccar is about to carry out, will face other obstacles in her quest to reach him.

Düşman Aşıklar

1967

Ayşecik Canımın İçi poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ayşecik Canımın İçi

1963

Erkek Sözü poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Erkek Sözü

1964

Cici Can poster
6.0

Based on a comic novel, this Turkish fantasy movie shows some resemblance to Casper.

Cici Can

1963

Aramıza Kan Girdi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aramıza Kan Girdi

1962

Şeker Hafiye poster
6.5

Osman is about to marry his boss's daughter, Fatma. He swears solemnly that he will not flirt with other women. Moreover, his boss has vowed to shoot him if such a thing happens. However, due to a major stroke of bad luck, the police need Osman to solve an important case. At first, the young man refuses the offer. But when the women he has had relationships with in the past begin to be killed one by one, he is forced to cooperate. He must find a woman who is the sole heir to a large inheritance and save her from being killed.

Şeker Hafiye

1965

Eşrefpaşalı poster
7.0

The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the Americans, wants to build a factory in the Eşrefpaşa neighborhood. To do so, he must first evict the neighborhood's residents. Ali Bey recruits Hasan, the neighborhood's tough guy, to help him achieve his goal. Kudret, who refuses to leave the neighborhood, organizes the people against Ali Bey. However, Ali Bey lures Kudret's inner circle to his side with various promises. Left to fight alone, Kudret will face his friends one last time.

Eşrefpaşalı

1966

Hacı Murat poster
9.0

Russian giaour destroy the whole town and kill the entire Muslim people and Seyh Samil imposes duty to Haci Murad to fight against the whole giaour.

Hacı Murat

1967

Ümitler Kırılınca poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ümitler Kırılınca

1962

Falling Leaves poster
7.2

Ali Riza, a very respectable man, retires and moves to Istanbul with his wife and five children. His children quickly lose identity in degenerate big city and his family, once close-knit, begins crumbling away.

Falling Leaves

1967

Kenarın Dilberi poster
9.0

Ekrem, a young man, goes to America to study. When Ekrem returns to his country, he will be engaged to Necla, the troubled daughter of Aziz, a wealthy businessman. Türkan, on the other hand, is a poor woman who works as a street vendor. Türkan's life takes a completely different turn when she accidentally meets Aziz one day. Aziz wants Türkan to take her daughter's place and stand in front of Ekrem. Türkan, who accepts Aziz's offer, introduces herself to Ekrem as Necla. However, the love that begins between Türkan and Ekrem will be cut short when Türkan's secret is revealed.

Kenarın Dilberi

1966

Anadolu Çocuğu poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Anadolu Çocuğu

1964

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