Levend Yılmaz

Acting

Levend Yılmaz

Born

1948-11-17 (77)

Place of birth

Ankara, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Known for

The Pit poster
7.5

When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.

The Pit

2017

Sharpe poster
8.0

Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.

Sharpe

1993

Magnificent Century: Kösem poster
7.7

Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.

Magnificent Century: Kösem

2015

Love Is in the Air poster
7.4

A wealthy Hancioglu family owns vast estates in Cappadocia, Turkey. Yusuf (Murat Unalmis) is the oldest son of this family, therefore, he manages the family business and bears all the responsibility of the family. Yusuf is very handsome, rich and hardworking man. Thus, there are lots of women who want to be his bride but, Yusuf wants to get married with a woman whom he loves.

Love Is in the Air

2010

Yeditepe Istanbul poster
8.7

When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. Without any degree or experience, she tries to survive doing all sorts of odd jobs. Meanwhile, her neighbors, who are completely different from the people in Olcay's old world, begin to get to like the mother and daughter. Some even fall in love.

Yeditepe Istanbul

2001

The Rose and the Thorn poster
8.0

Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.

The Rose and the Thorn

2004

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 5 titles

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

Janjan poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Janjan

2007

Fog and Night poster
7.2

Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.

Fog and Night

2007

My Only Sunshine poster
6.9

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.

My Only Sunshine

2009

Muhallebicinin Oğlu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muhallebicinin Oğlu

2000

1990s · 7 titles

Duruşma poster
5.8

The story revolves around the beautiful Nazan, the neighbor's daughter, who manages to remain a virgin despite marrying two of the neighborhood's handsome men, Selami and Cavit; the fierce competition between Selami and Cavit for Nazan; the schemes orchestrated by Nazan's mother, Necla; and the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and their simple reactions. Nazan's mother Necla's schemes; the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and the sudden media attention their simple lives receive, all told in a humorous tone.

Duruşma

1999

The Cockroach poster
9.0

A cod-Freudian drama (from a novel by Erhan Bener) about an Istanbul police chief who dreams back over his life while dying in an ambulance bound for hospital.

The Cockroach

1995

Devlerin Ölümü poster
NR

About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.

Devlerin Ölümü

1990

Sharpe's Siege poster
7.2

Winter, 1813. Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture a French fort. While Sharpe is battling with the French, his wife contracts a deadly fever which has swept through the British camp and endangers her life. Sharpe encounters his old enemy, Ducos and is compelled to stay at the fort and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved bride again.

Sharpe's Siege

1996

Berdel poster
7.0

Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.

Berdel

1990

Düş, Gerçek, Bir de Sinema poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Düş, Gerçek, Bir de Sinema

1995

Bekle Dedim Gölgeye poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bekle Dedim Gölgeye

1991

1980s · 9 titles

Billionaire poster
7.4

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

Billionaire

1986

Afife Jale poster
6.0

The life of Afife Jale, the first Turkish female theater artist, is recounted. Since childhood, Afife has been a free-spirited girl who loves her freedom. However, she lives in a conservative family environment. When she turned twelve, she was forced to wear a veil despite her objections. With the support of her family elders, her father allowed her to study painting at the School of Fine Arts. However, Afife's heart was set on theater. Initially, she staged plays for her friends on a small stage she had set up inside her home, performing the plays of the Afife Company. Her greatest obstacle was her father. With the support of her grandfather, the Pasha, and her childhood friend and lover, Dr. Ziya, Afife stood up to her father. She could not suppress her desire for much longer.

Afife Jale

1987

Vasfiye Is Her Name poster
7.0

The story of a provincial woman named Vasfiye, whose life passed changing hands and drifting between men in Aegean towns, is told by different narrators. The story changes every time the narrator changes. However, it is not known which story is the truth.

Vasfiye Is Her Name

1985

Fotoğraflar poster
9.0

The film tells the love story of a Turkish girl and a Greek boy who grow up together. Their families' strong opposition to the relationship leads the story to a tragic end.

Fotoğraflar

1989

Naked Citizen poster
7.3

A 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

Naked Citizen poster
7.3

A 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

Impromptu poster
4.0

A 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

Aaahh Belinda poster
7.4

Serap is a successful theater actress. Although she rejects the traditional roles assigned to women in her personal life, she agrees to play the role of a traditional housewife in a shampoo commercial. However, she is unaware that this commercial will turn into her worst nightmare.

Aaahh Belinda

1986

A Sip of Love poster
6.6

Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.

A Sip of Love

1984

Series credits

The Pit poster
7.5

When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.

The Pit

2017

Sharpe poster
8.0

Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.

Sharpe

1993

Magnificent Century: Kösem poster
7.7

Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.

Magnificent Century: Kösem

2015

Love Is in the Air poster
7.4

A wealthy Hancioglu family owns vast estates in Cappadocia, Turkey. Yusuf (Murat Unalmis) is the oldest son of this family, therefore, he manages the family business and bears all the responsibility of the family. Yusuf is very handsome, rich and hardworking man. Thus, there are lots of women who want to be his bride but, Yusuf wants to get married with a woman whom he loves.

Love Is in the Air

2010

Yeditepe Istanbul poster
8.7

When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. Without any degree or experience, she tries to survive doing all sorts of odd jobs. Meanwhile, her neighbors, who are completely different from the people in Olcay's old world, begin to get to like the mother and daughter. Some even fall in love.

Yeditepe Istanbul

2001

The Rose and the Thorn poster
8.0

Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.

The Rose and the Thorn

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bebeğim

2006

Dadı poster
6.5

After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich widow man. As time passes, the two fall for each other.

Dadı

2001

Hürrem Sultan poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Hürrem Sultan

2003

My Mother’s Tale poster
6.0

The life struggle of a woman with three sons, told through the eyes of her middle son Başar, featuring scenes from the 80s

My Mother’s Tale

2024

Yağmur Zamanı poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yağmur Zamanı

2004

The Devil's in the Details poster
8.5

The adventures of Captain Nevzat and his assistant Ali. The series that have been adapted from Ahmet Umit's stories.

The Devil's in the Details

2004

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

1987

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aşk Eski Bir Yalan

2007