Erol Günaydın

Acting

Erol Günaydın

Born — Died

1933-04-16 — 2012-10-15

Place of birth

Trabzon, Türkiye

Known for

Acting

Credits

78 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 13 titles

I Saw the Sun poster
6.5

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.

I Saw the Sun

2009

Pardon poster
7.4

Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.

Pardon

2005

White Angel poster
6.2

The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.

White Angel

2007

Destere poster
4.0

The story of a serial killer from Thrace. The film begins with two Trakyan farmers named Hayrettin and Hayati waking up one day in the basement of a village house. A voice recording from a serial killer who tells his victims, "You don't play the game this way, you play it that way," begins to subject our heroes to various games. Inspired by the Saw series and serving as a parody of it, the film is a blend of comedy and horror.

Destere

2008

There poster
4.0

The story covers one day of a broken family that is gathered after the mother passing.

There

2009

Nekrüt poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nekrüt

2008

7 Husbands for Hurmuz poster
6.0

Remake of a well-known Turkish musical comedy loved by generations, the film is about the adventures of flirtatious Hurmuz in late 1800's Istanbul. Hurmuz who lives in Taskasap, Istanbul has six husbands in a plot to solve her economic problems. She arranges to meet each of her husbands one day of the week. However, suddenly, she falls in love with the town's doctor whom she meets at her husband's barber shop. The doctor falls in love with her too... But, one night all six husbands come home at the same time, and Hurmuz and Safinaz - Hurmuz's "go-between/accomplice/friend" - find themselves in a series of very awkward yet funny situations.

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

2009

First Love poster
5.5

A Turkish coastal town, in 1990: The unexpected visit of his long lost brother Asaf disturbs Azmi Arifoglu. 40 years ago Asaf was a prisoner of war, and Azmi managed to let him pronounce dead to marry his fiancée Nevin. After Nevin's decision to live with Asaf, Azmi feels his honor insulted. The conflict shakes the whole family. Meanwhile 13-year-old Arif falls in love with Bahar his age. An unexpected rival shows up and he gets jealous

First Love

2006

En Mutlu Olduğum Yer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

En Mutlu Olduğum Yer

2009

Long-Johnned Quixote poster
NR

Long-Pants Quixote, driven by the noble goal of reaching Trabzon, becoming its ruler, reuniting with his dream lover Dürdane whom he believes he will find there, and eradicating all evil in the world, decides to set off from Madrid, taking his squire Sancho with him. Although Sancho dislikes such aimless and meaningless journeys, he reluctantly follows his master, armed with a unusable bicycle. Using his cell phone to navigate, they traverse mountains and hills, battle cell towers, and finally arrive at Madrid Airport, exhausted and battered. With broken and dislocated arms, and having been severely beaten by a driver and his assistant from Ordu, they arrive at the Submission Cafe in Trabzon. While having tea and chatting with Temel, Tursun, and Teslim, Long-Pants Quixote listens to their complaints and proposes the idea of ​​Trabzon's independence, an idea that is immediately embraced.

Long-Johnned Quixote

2004

Sewage poster
5.0

Imdat is a poor, uneducated, working class window cleaner who has migrated to the big city. As he cleans the windows of the private TV channel Kanal I, the president of the channel, Berk, discovers that Imdat has an uncanny ability to sense what program will yield the best ratings and what is likely to be panned by audiences, thus Berk begins milking Imdat's unique ability to score ratings. Soon Imdat finds himself replacing the president and leading the TV channel. He goes on to produce some truly tasteless and exploitative programs that enjoy massive ratings, eventually becoming part of the dirty media games himself.

Sewage

2009

Lodos poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lodos

2009

Ömerçip poster
2.6

This is the millennium version of the old black and white movies produced by Erler film.. The stories of those movies were like fairy tales to its audiences. Years passed and now we are to witness the the funny story of the rich girl Melek, her boy friend Adnan, the cab driver, their bright son Omer, the sweet Hulusi Bey, Necdet the chef, Kayhan the butler, Suzan the trouble making nanny, Coskun the rapist, Nuri the psychopath, and Onder the thief of hearts!

Ömerçip

2003

1980s · 14 titles

Acı Lokma poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Acı Lokma

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ağa Bacı

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Şaşkın Gelin

1984

Aile Pansiyonu poster
4.8

Because of the financial problems of aunt Adile, the whole neighbourhood turns an old villa into a guesthouse.

Aile Pansiyonu

1987

Little Prince poster
3.0

This 1986 film is a Turkish adaptation of the fairy tale Le Petit Prince, written by French author and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and published in 1943. Directed by Remzi Jöntürk, the film features the original story as well as fairy tale Turkish heroes such as Nasrettin Hoca for localization purposes.

Little Prince

1986

Kahraman Bakkal Süpermarkete Karşı poster
NR

Ferhan Şensoy's play criticizing the new world order and capitalism.

Kahraman Bakkal Süpermarkete Karşı

1980

That Woman poster
10.0

The film tells the story of a love affair between a doctor and his patient. Gönül is a model at a fashion house. At the insistence of her fiancé Haluk, she starts working with advertising executive Kazım. Kazım has his eye on the young woman. During a yacht trip, he agrees with Haluk and rapes Gönül. Gönül meets Dr. Cihat at the hospital where she is admitted due to the trauma she experienced. Cihat is on the verge of divorcing his wife. Gönül and Cihat fall in love with each other. However, their pasts will not leave them alone.

That Woman

1982

Ekmek Elden Su Gölden poster
NR

A comedy about a father who wants to marry his daughter off to a business partner, and a mother who opposes the marriage.

Ekmek Elden Su Gölden

1985

Kuşatma 2 - Şok poster
NR

In the sequel to "Kusatma (1986)", a small child who survives the apartment building fire is placed in a state-run orphanage. The psychopathic killer, whose face was burned in the fire but who did not die, escapes from the hospital to take revenge on the child.

Kuşatma 2 - Şok

1987

Bir Yudum Mutluluk poster
4.5

The story of a worker fighting to save a young girl addicted to morphine from a life of crime.

Bir Yudum Mutluluk

1982

Her Şeyim Sensin poster
NR

Ferdi works as a school bus driver in his local neighborhood. One day, Billur, a young woman, moves into the neighborhood and Ferdi falls in love with her. Ferdi wants to marry Billur but she sharply rejects his advances. Her reluctance isn’t because she doesn’t care — there’s a painful reason behind it.

Her Şeyim Sensin

1985

Bu Muhtar Başka Muhtar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bu Muhtar Başka Muhtar

1986

Felekten Bir Gün poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Felekten Bir Gün

1987

A Colorful World poster
6.5

The film tells the story of a young girl who secretly becomes an actress behind her brother's back. Mehmet runs a coffee house in one of Istanbul's suburbs. Mehmet, who is engaged to Ayşe, the daughter of grocer Hatice, cannot manage to come up with the required dowry. Mehmet's mother, Fatma, works as a seamstress at a theater. Mehmet's sister, Zeynep, decides to help her brother collect the dowry. To do so, she starts working at the theater with her mother. At that time, a big musical is being performed at the theater. Shortly before the musical, starring Erol and Meral, is set to premiere, Meral announces that she is leaving the show. Erol and the theater owners listen to Zeynep's voice and like it. As a result, they decide to cast Zeynep in the lead role. However, this situation must be kept secret from Mehmet.

A Colorful World

1980

1970s · 15 titles

Blood Money poster
6.5

Hacer recently joined a factory where Hasan works and brings hope to her life. The two get married. Hacer is worried about the working conditions in the factory; she has a relationship with Hasan after she establishes a relationship with the union. Because of their disagreements, they are driven towards disaster.

Blood Money

1974

Where Are These Guys Looking At? poster
6.9

Metin and his best friend Zeki comes to Istanbul to get married. All of a sudden they become famous and funny stories start.

Where Are These Guys Looking At?

1976

Tosun Pasha poster
8.0

Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the green valley to his "relatives". Tellioglus, who are behind in the race, desperately find a final solution: They will fake their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha.

Tosun Pasha

1976

Hamsi Nuri poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hamsi Nuri

1973

The Wedding poster
6.7

A family migrates to Istanbul from the rural parts of Anatolia, and they bring their traditions with them. The men of the family are giving away the girls of the family in return for a hefty bride-price. Zelha, one of the girls, revolts against this attitude and tries to save her sisters.

The Wedding

1973

Yaşar: Neither Alive Nor Dead poster
6.8

Yaşar Yaşamaz is officially considered "dead" because he appears in population records as having been killed in action in Çanakkale and Dersim, but he finds himself entangled in a vast bureaucratic labyrinth in order to prove that he is actually alive. At every stage of his life - unable to start school, join the military, marry, or inherit property - Yaşar faces absurd obstacles.

Yaşar: Neither Alive Nor Dead

1975

Çılgın Milyoner poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Çılgın Milyoner

1976

Curcuna poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Curcuna

1975

An Angel on Earth poster
5.8

Tomboy Zehra helps Omer to get with the girl he is madly in love with after saving him from a suicide attempt but finds herself also falling for him.

An Angel on Earth

1974

Dertler Benim Olsun poster
NR

The film is about a man taking revenge on another man who took the woman he loved away from him. Sebahattin and Ayşe, who love each other, live in the same neighborhood. However, while Ayşe is the daughter of a wealthy family, Sebahattin does not yet have a job. In order to get married, Sebahattin starts a business and begins working. Once his business is up and running, he asks Ayşe's father for her hand in marriage. However, Ayşe's father intends to marry her off to Atilla, the son of a wealthy family. Ayşe opposes her father's decision. She agrees with Sebahattin and decides to run away from home. Unfortunately, Atilla forces himself on Ayşe to prevent her from leaving. Ayşe is soon forced to marry Atilla. Sebahattin will seek revenge on Atilla for taking the woman he loves away from him.

Dertler Benim Olsun

1974

Yavru ile Katip poster
7.0

Yavru, who goes to Istanbul for an inheritance, accidentally meets Katip, and the duo's adventures begin in this very entertaining film.

Yavru ile Katip

1971

Tatlım poster
NR

Ferit and Alev are the children of two wealthy families, and their families want them to marry. However, Ferit is very spoiled and promiscuous. On top of that, he looks down on Alev. When Alev goes to the farm to meet him and learns that Ferit is in Istanbul, she goes to Istanbul in a completely different guise to take revenge on him.

Tatlım

1973

Kadınlar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kadınlar

1975

The Deathless Devil poster
5.9

A young man discovers that he was adopted, and that his father was really a superhero named Copperhead. Like anyone who finds out such blood runs in his veins, he dons the Copperhead mask and goes into action. First on his list is the nefarious, mustached Dr. Satan, who has plans to steal technology that will let him control the world's robots and electronics. This technology belongs to a kindly professor and his pretty daughter, whose safety is now in Copperhead's hands. As he fights to bring the villain down, he finds time to enjoy the numerous Turkish beauties who disrobe for him.

The Deathless Devil

1972

Ayıkla Beni Hüsnü poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ayıkla Beni Hüsnü

1975

1960s · 13 titles

Series credits

Siyaset Meydanı poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Siyaset Meydanı

1994

Çiçek Taksi poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Çiçek Taksi

1995

Tatlı Kaçıklar poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Tatlı Kaçıklar

1996

Cennet Mahallesi poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Cennet Mahallesi

2004

Laf Lafı Açıyor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Laf Lafı Açıyor

1991

Hırsız Polis poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hırsız Polis

2005

Sidika poster
7.9

Sidika is the story of Saka family and their young daughter Sidika who live in a poor neighborhood of Istanbul. Sidika was not allowed to go to high school, raised to wait her husband-to-be at her fathers home, not even allowed to leave their house on her own. But she educated herself through books, newspapers and TV. She approaches her life, half-witted older brother, oppressive and alcoholic father and traditionalist mother in a satirical and fun manner along with the current political and sociological events of Turkey and the world. She gazes the world through her window as she hungers for all the intellectual accumulation of the universe.

Sidika

1997

Kuruluş Osmancık poster
8.6

A TV series adapted from Tarık Buğra's novel "Osmancık" telling the story of the founding of the Ottoman Empire.

Kuruluş Osmancık

1988

Kınalı Kuzular poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kınalı Kuzular

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unutulanlar

1974

Doktorlar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Doktorlar

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gülünüz Güldürünüz

1976

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sinekli Bakkal

2007

Balkan Düğünü poster
NR

Balkan Düğünü, is a Turkish TV series which has started to broadcast on September 11, 2009 on Show TV.It mostly takes place in Republic of Macedonia.

Balkan Düğünü

2009

Geçmiş Zaman Olur Ki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Geçmiş Zaman Olur Ki

1985

Yeşilçam Denizi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yeşilçam Denizi

2003

Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası

1989

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