Metin Erksan

Directing

Metin Erksan

Born — Died

1929-01-01 — 2012-08-04

Place of birth

Çanakkale, Türkiye

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian. Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey. From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Revenge of the Snakes poster
7.6

The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.

Revenge of the Snakes

1962

Revenge of the Snakes poster
7.6

The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.

Revenge of the Snakes

1962

Time to Love poster
7.5

On the Princes’ Islands to the south of Istanbul, the days are rainy and full of longing. Poor but proud painter Halil gets a job in one of the island’s villas, where he encounters the photograph of a beautiful woman and falls in love with her image.

Time to Love

1965

Time to Love poster
7.5

On the Princes’ Islands to the south of Istanbul, the days are rainy and full of longing. Poor but proud painter Halil gets a job in one of the island’s villas, where he encounters the photograph of a beautiful woman and falls in love with her image.

Time to Love

1965

Time to Love poster
7.5

On the Princes’ Islands to the south of Istanbul, the days are rainy and full of longing. Poor but proud painter Halil gets a job in one of the island’s villas, where he encounters the photograph of a beautiful woman and falls in love with her image.

Time to Love

1965

Dry Summer poster
7.5

A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.

Dry Summer

1963

Dry Summer poster
7.5

A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.

Dry Summer

1963

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet poster
6.4

Hamlet returns home from drama school in United States, after the cold-blooded assassination of her father by her uncle, who has married Hamlet’s mother. After seeing her father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to feign insanity, in order to get to the truth.

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet

1976

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet poster
6.4

Hamlet returns home from drama school in United States, after the cold-blooded assassination of her father by her uncle, who has married Hamlet’s mother. After seeing her father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to feign insanity, in order to get to the truth.

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet

1976

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet poster
6.4

Hamlet returns home from drama school in United States, after the cold-blooded assassination of her father by her uncle, who has married Hamlet’s mother. After seeing her father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to feign insanity, in order to get to the truth.

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet

1976

The Dark World poster
6.3

Based on the real life story, the director turned his camera towards the real world of Âşık Veysel, the great poet who wandered around the Anatolian villages.

The Dark World

1953

A Suicide poster
7.2

The man wants to die and the woman wants to be famous. According to the man, there could not be a better plan than the woman killing him. This way the man will get his wish to die and the woman will become famous.

A Suicide

1975

Fırtına Gönüller poster
NR

A love story between a ballerina and a writer. Ahu’s greatest dream is to one day modernize and stage the dances of ancient civilizations. Ahu, who needs to train in ballet to pursue this goal, cannot afford the tuition and is forced to put her dreams on hold. However, wealthy men are willing to grant Ahu all her wishes in exchange for marriage. Ahu, however, rejects these offers, which she views as little more than business contracts. One day, she meets a writer who will change her mind about marriage.

Fırtına Gönüller

1984

Hot Gypsy poster
6.2

There is a tense love between Gelincik and Ali, who grow up together. Ali, who can't stand the coming and going of Gelincik, is about to leave the cergi, and he falls into prison because of Gelincik's slander.

Hot Gypsy

1969

Wild Lover poster
8.0

A wild girl who was raised by bears is found by humans when she rescues an injured man. She is brought to the city against her will, and is put in a stage show. She is discovered and saved by her family, and tries to find a way to take revenge on the people who imprisoned her.

Wild Lover

1977

The Exorcist poster
5.0

12 year-old Gul becomes possessed by Satan after experimenting with a Ouija board. A troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

The Exorcist

1974

Hicran Yarası poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hicran Yarası

1959

Hicran Yarası poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hicran Yarası

1959

I Cannot Live Without You poster
7.0

It’s a psychological love story of a woman who’s about to die from cancer and the killer she hired to kill herself.

I Cannot Live Without You

1977

I Cannot Live Without You poster
7.0

It’s a psychological love story of a woman who’s about to die from cancer and the killer she hired to kill herself.

I Cannot Live Without You

1977

The Guilty Are Among Us poster
7.5

In the mansion of a rich family living in Istanbul, a very valuable necklace is stolen. Suspecting that the thief is someone from inside the house, the owners start to approach the people working in the house with class differences and prejudices. The thieves realize that the necklace is fake.

The Guilty Are Among Us

1964

The Guilty Are Among Us poster
7.5

In the mansion of a rich family living in Istanbul, a very valuable necklace is stolen. Suspecting that the thief is someone from inside the house, the owners start to approach the people working in the house with class differences and prejudices. The thieves realize that the necklace is fake.

The Guilty Are Among Us

1964

Dağdan İnme poster
7.5

The love of a poor girl living in a mountain house in the Taurus Mountains and a city man.

Dağdan İnme

1973

Dağdan İnme poster
7.5

The love of a poor girl living in a mountain house in the Taurus Mountains and a city man.

Dağdan İnme

1973

Yolpalas Cinayeti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yolpalas Cinayeti

1955

Yolpalas Cinayeti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yolpalas Cinayeti

1955

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

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

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor poster
8.0

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor

1958

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor poster
8.0

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor

1958

Melek The Singer poster
7.7

The lawyer falls in love with the singer Melek, who is new to town. He goes to listen to her every evening. He offers all kinds of gifts to persuade the woman, but this woman who adorns his dreams never gives him the answer he expects.

Melek The Singer

1975

Melek The Singer poster
7.7

The lawyer falls in love with the singer Melek, who is new to town. He goes to listen to her every evening. He offers all kinds of gifts to persuade the woman, but this woman who adorns his dreams never gives him the answer he expects.

Melek The Singer

1975

The Reeds poster
6.3

Hayriye is afraid of the future. Every day, while waiting for his beloved Ali to return from fishing on the long wooden pier, she disappears one day; it is Ali' turn to wait.

The Reeds

1975

The Reeds poster
6.3

Hayriye is afraid of the future. Every day, while waiting for his beloved Ali to return from fishing on the long wooden pier, she disappears one day; it is Ali' turn to wait.

The Reeds

1975

A Horrible Train poster
6.8

No signs of life. A man at the train station cuts his way through the passengers standing still as if time stopped.

A Horrible Train

1975

A Horrible Train poster
6.8

No signs of life. A man at the train station cuts his way through the passengers standing still as if time stopped.

A Horrible Train

1975

Hicran poster
4.5

Hicran works as a cloakroom attendant at a nightclub. On New Year's Eve, after a year filled with poverty and hardship, she meets Orhan, a flirtatious young man. Orhan finds true love in this beautiful and innocent girl and brings order to his aimless life. However, Orhan's older brother does not approve of him being with a poor girl. Hicran cannot muster the courage to accept the young man's love and commitment due to the differences between them, and she leaves him in despair. However, a coincidence will bring the two lovers together again, and Hicran will be proven right in her fears.

Hicran

1971

Hicran poster
4.5

Hicran works as a cloakroom attendant at a nightclub. On New Year's Eve, after a year filled with poverty and hardship, she meets Orhan, a flirtatious young man. Orhan finds true love in this beautiful and innocent girl and brings order to his aimless life. However, Orhan's older brother does not approve of him being with a poor girl. Hicran cannot muster the courage to accept the young man's love and commitment due to the differences between them, and she leaves him in despair. However, a coincidence will bring the two lovers together again, and Hicran will be proven right in her fears.

Hicran

1971

The Well poster
6.4

Fatma is kidnapped several times by a wild man because she cannot be persuaded to marry. A third attempt at forced submission ends tragically for both, due to the young girl's fatal rebellion.

The Well

1969

The Well poster
6.4

Fatma is kidnapped several times by a wild man because she cannot be persuaded to marry. A third attempt at forced submission ends tragically for both, due to the young girl's fatal rebellion.

The Well

1969