
Directing
Başar Sabuncu
Born — Died
1943-09-09 — 2015-06-17
Place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Known for
Directing
Credits
20 titles
Başar Sabuncu graduated from Saint Joseph French High School. He studied theater directing in France for a while. During his theater-cinema adventure, which started with acting in 1961, he is the author of 13 theater plays, 10 film scripts, 1 TV series and 18 radio play adaptations staged on the stages of the State Theaters, Istanbul City Theatre, private theaters and abroad. Director of more than 30 theater plays, 6 cinema films and more than 100 radio play series, including the masterpieces of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Gogol, Lorca, Brecht, Genet, Nazım Hikmet and Orhan Kemal; Translator of some plays by Brecht, Genet, Marivaux and Kovacevic. The awards he won throughout this adventure: Specia…
Known for
7.4A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
The Baggy Trousers Case
1983
7.9When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
The Honest One
1984
7.1Hasmet, director of love stories, wants to make a film which is different than the movies he made before. This movie has a social message. He tries to find a producer but film industry is mainly out of money. When he thinks he finds one, nothing goes as it planned.
The Unforgettable Director of Love Movies
1990
8.0A frigid young housewife cannot reconcile her sado-masochistic imagination with her daily life with her submissive husband. While he is at work, she starts working in the afternoons at a local, first-class brothel.
Queen of Hearts
1986
4.0A man and woman meet during the identification of their spouses' dead bodies, following a car accident. It turns out that the they had an affair with each other. Feelings like jealousy, shame, wrath that struck them at the beginning, leave their place to understanding. The man and the woman start seeing each other. First, they hesitate to start an affair, yet later they cannot control their feelings. They unite in a love affair, not caring about the values and judgments of the people around them.
Impromptu
1988
6.8Lutfu is a cook in the mansion of the wealthy Kerim. One morning he sees that there is nobody at home. The maid is to get engaged on that day but her fiancée does not show up either. From the brother of their driver, he learns that workers are on strike and their boss Kerim has gone to Europe. Things get back to normal.
The Rich One's Kitchen
1988
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.4A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
The Baggy Trousers Case
1983
7.9When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
The Honest One
1984
8.0A frigid young housewife cannot reconcile her sado-masochistic imagination with her daily life with her submissive husband. While he is at work, she starts working in the afternoons at a local, first-class brothel.
Queen of Hearts
1986
8.0A frigid young housewife cannot reconcile her sado-masochistic imagination with her daily life with her submissive husband. While he is at work, she starts working in the afternoons at a local, first-class brothel.
Queen of Hearts
1986
4.0A man and woman meet during the identification of their spouses' dead bodies, following a car accident. It turns out that the they had an affair with each other. Feelings like jealousy, shame, wrath that struck them at the beginning, leave their place to understanding. The man and the woman start seeing each other. First, they hesitate to start an affair, yet later they cannot control their feelings. They unite in a love affair, not caring about the values and judgments of the people around them.
Impromptu
1988
4.0A man and woman meet during the identification of their spouses' dead bodies, following a car accident. It turns out that the they had an affair with each other. Feelings like jealousy, shame, wrath that struck them at the beginning, leave their place to understanding. The man and the woman start seeing each other. First, they hesitate to start an affair, yet later they cannot control their feelings. They unite in a love affair, not caring about the values and judgments of the people around them.
Impromptu
1988
6.8Lutfu is a cook in the mansion of the wealthy Kerim. One morning he sees that there is nobody at home. The maid is to get engaged on that day but her fiancée does not show up either. From the brother of their driver, he learns that workers are on strike and their boss Kerim has gone to Europe. Things get back to normal.
The Rich One's Kitchen
1988
6.8Lutfu is a cook in the mansion of the wealthy Kerim. One morning he sees that there is nobody at home. The maid is to get engaged on that day but her fiancée does not show up either. From the brother of their driver, he learns that workers are on strike and their boss Kerim has gone to Europe. Things get back to normal.
The Rich One's Kitchen
1988
4.5The film tells the story of an old husband Hüsrev and Melek, who was first a servant and then his wife. With this marriage Hüsrev’s subconscious hidden passions are revealed.
The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged
1986
4.5The film tells the story of an old husband Hüsrev and Melek, who was first a servant and then his wife. With this marriage Hüsrev’s subconscious hidden passions are revealed.
The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged
1986
6.2A depiction of social satire, Talihli Amele [The Lucky Worker] (1980) shows the transformation of a young man who immigrated to Istanbul to provide a better life for his family. With hopes to become a successful mason, he suddenly finds himself the star of a TV commercial. Drawing attention to the rising consumerism culture and its effects on individuals in Turkey, the film was allowed to be shown with a State Council verdict.
Talihli Amele
1980
7.3A family man, driven to the edge by his inability to financially support his family, is found running about on the street naked. Suddenly, he turns into a nationwide celebrity and an inspiration for millions of people in poverty.
Naked Citizen
1985
7.3A family man, driven to the edge by his inability to financially support his family, is found running about on the street naked. Suddenly, he turns into a nationwide celebrity and an inspiration for millions of people in poverty.
Naked Citizen
1985
8.0The railway station in a small town in Western Anatolia where no birds or caravans pass, during the most active and critical days of the National War of Independence in 1921. One is the station chief, who lost his eye and the other foot on the front, and the other was left with caries, and the other was the wife of the station chief.
The Passenger
1993
8.0The railway station in a small town in Western Anatolia where no birds or caravans pass, during the most active and critical days of the National War of Independence in 1921. One is the station chief, who lost his eye and the other foot on the front, and the other was left with caries, and the other was the wife of the station chief.
The Passenger
1993
NRDuring World War II, Şvayk, a seemingly ordinary, hapless dog-seller, finds himself entangled with the Nazi regime.
Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
1984
8.0After being released from prison, Müslüm will fulfill his dedication and sacrifice his 2.5-month-old son to God by cutting the throat of him.
The Sacrifice
1980

