
Acting
Senih Orkan
Born 1932-06-06 · Istanbul, Turkey
Acting credits
9.0Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire).
Güneş Doğmasın
1961
7.7Seven 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
6.3A 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
6.7Üç 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.
The Tricycle
1962
6.5Arthur 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
8.0Burhan 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sevdalı Efe
1961
10.0A 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
6.0Zafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey.
Sefiller
1967
10.0Osman, 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
7.0The story of a love-triangle with a middle-aged husband, a young wife and a young man.
Forbidden Love
1961
6.0Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.
The Bread Seller Woman
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Umschulung
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Çelik Bilek
1967
7.0A young man who returns to his ex-girlfriend when it turns out that his child was not from his wife.
Boş Yuva
1961
7.5Arif 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
7.2Kazım 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
10.0Ayhan 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Bücür
1964
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Beyaz Güvercin
1963
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Aramıza Kan Girdi
1962
8.0The 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Affetmeyen Kadın
1964
9.0The 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