Mert Fırat

Acting

Mert Fırat

Born 1981-01-10 · Ankara, Turkey

Mert Firat was born in Ankara, Turkey. He took the Radio & Television courses in Sweden after the graduation from high school. After that he got back in Ankara and took acting courses in Ankara University. He graduated in 2006. He wrote two cinema films with Ilksen Basarir, Baska Dilde Ask and Atlikarinca. Moreover, he is acting as Caesar in Antonuis and Kleopatra theatre in Istanbul, Turkey.

Acting credits

Fork in the Road poster
6.3

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

Fork in the Road

2017

The Butterfly's Dream poster
7.2

In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.

The Butterfly's Dream

2013

Love in Another Language poster
7.1

Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks of the people around him. At his friend Vedat's engagement party, he meets Zeynep, who later finds out about Onur's hearing disability, but is not bothered by it. She is forced by her overbearing father to leave home and gets a job at a call-center. Having to speak on the phone all day to people she doesn't know, Zeynep finds peace with Onur, who she communicates with perfectly without speaking...

Love in Another Language

2009

Beni Unutma poster
5.8

Sinan (Mert Firat) and Olcay (Acelya Devrim Yilhan) are two young people who have broken up with their lovers and lost their faith in love. After they have found each other, they start all over again. However, things get complicated when Sinan's ex-fiance shows up and Olcay starts to act strange.

Beni Unutma

2011

My Grandfather's People poster
7.4

A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.

My Grandfather's People

2011

Pure White poster
4.6

Vural, a husband and a father who was raised in faith, leads a seemingly pious and conformist life. But everything takes a sudden dark turn when he finds out a truth about his personal life.

Pure White

2021

Everything Is Beautiful with You poster
5.2

Deniz goes to Izmir when she sees the danger of losing her great love Emre,who has not succeeded in forgetting. Melisa, who is competing to steal Emre's heart.

Everything Is Beautiful with You

2018

Gece poster
4.0

A family forcibly displaced from their village struggles to stay together when Süsen, the daughter of an already broken home, defies her kin to marry her childhood love Yusuf. As her father and brother abandon the family and marriage fails to bring the dreamed-of salvation, Süsen and Yusuf must confront mounting responsibilities and learn to adapt, or risk losing each other entirely.

Gece

2014

Hayattan Korkma poster
4.0

The film tells the story of three families who produce enough to sustain themselves in a small town and live off what they produce. Talat, who runs a dairy farm, Bedrettin, who raises chickens, and Rıfkı, who bakes bread in the bakery he inherited from his father, are three friends who have lived in the same town since birth, raised their children together, and have never been apart since childhood. When Talat's child falls ill, life begins to change suddenly. The most important message the film conveys to the audience is defined as "hope."

Hayattan Korkma

2008

Antonius and Cleopatra poster
8.0

While enjoying his relationship with Cleopatra, Antony neglects his Roman responsibilities, angering Octavian Caesar. Cleopatra rejoices when Antony's wife dies, but Antony's desire for political advancement leads him to marry Caesar's sister. The fragile peace that emerges is short-lived, as Antony returns to Egypt, leading to full-scale war.

Antonius and Cleopatra

2012

Atlıkarınca poster
6.0

The lives of Erdem, Sevil, and their children Edip and Sevgi in a small town change when they move to Istanbul after Sevil's mother suffers a stroke. Edip has been away from home for ten years, attending boarding school, while Erdem continues to dream of becoming a successful writer. Noticing Sevgi's withdrawal and unhappiness, and suspicious of her sudden changes in behavior, Sevil begins to question some of the events taking place within the home and discovers a secret that has been hidden behind closed doors for years. When Erdem loses his life in a traffic accident, his death leads to the emergence of new secrets within the family. Each member of the small family is left to face the truths they must carry alone for the rest of their lives. What is this secret they cannot even confess to themselves?

Atlıkarınca

2011

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul poster
6.9

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul

2012

Solidarity poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Solidarity

2023

Once Upon a Time poster
5.1

Nehir comes across to someone singing songs all night long. She likes what she listens so much that she goes after this mysterious musician.

Once Upon a Time

2015

Erkek Tarafı: Testosteron poster
NR

The film, which captures a long conversation between seven men who take refuge in a restaurant after the wedding they attended is canceled, focuses on masculinity and the place of women in this world.

Erkek Tarafı: Testosteron

2013

Arif V 216 poster
6.2

After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 60's.

Arif V 216

2018

No artwork available
NR

Adam and Eve are a couple in their early thirties. With the relationship fatigue that started in the third year of their union, the absence of old feelings and excitement especially bothers Eve. Eve's feisty and aggressive attitude pushes Adam away from her. In every argument they have, Eve accuses Adam of no longer loving himself, thinking about his former lover Eden, and even still being attracted to her. Adam and Eve, poisoned by a toxic relationship, break up after a night of arguing. The film focuses on the life of the separated but inseparable duo with a fantastic approach. Adam Decries God and heads to the world to find his Eve with a surreal journey that no one will believe, a downright fairy tale or even a lie, if he tells it, Eve cannot find her way out between the dark streets of her neighborhood and her house, where she feels the pain of separation in the deepest way, every inch of which is filled with the memory of love, falters, gets trapped.

Love, Bla Bla Bla

2023

Lock poster
5.0

Head guard Hamza and his team conduct a headcount every morning at the prison. One day, during a routine check, they find one or two bodies in each cell they enter. There are no signs of beating, injury, or strangulation on the bodies of the ten prisoners found dead in eight cells. The other prisoners in the cells also make no statement about the incident. Selin Korkmaz from the intelligence agency and Chief Inspector Erol Haktan from the homicide department are assigned to investigate the incident. The two begin their investigation by quarantining the prison and questioning everyone inside. As Erol and Selin meticulously investigate every detail to solve the mystery of the murders, they uncover shocking truths with each "lock" they open.

Lock

2021

After the Revolution poster
4.7

What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey.

After the Revolution

2011

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