Ali Özgentürk

Directing

Ali Özgentürk

Born — Died

1945-11-04 — 2025-05-15

Place of birth

Adana, Türkiye

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Known for

Balalayka poster
4.9

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers who have come together after many years to carry their father's last wish.

Balalayka

2000

The Nude poster
4.8

The story of two couples, Ayla and Yadigar and Seher and Hüseyin, who know each other on a journey through the secret history of nudity. This journey begins with two women starting nude modeling in an art academy, beyond the husbands' knowledge. But it doesn't take them long to find it out.

The Nude

1991

The Girl with the Red Scarf poster
7.7

İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.

The Girl with the Red Scarf

1977

Görünmeyen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Görünmeyen

2011

The Guard poster
7.2

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

The Guard

1985

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

1995

Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

Behind the camera

Balalayka poster
4.9

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers who have come together after many years to carry their father's last wish.

Balalayka

2000

The Nude poster
4.8

The story of two couples, Ayla and Yadigar and Seher and Hüseyin, who know each other on a journey through the secret history of nudity. This journey begins with two women starting nude modeling in an art academy, beyond the husbands' knowledge. But it doesn't take them long to find it out.

The Nude

1991

The Girl with the Red Scarf poster
7.7

İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.

The Girl with the Red Scarf

1977

Görünmeyen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Görünmeyen

2011

Görünmeyen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Görünmeyen

2011

The Guard poster
7.2

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

The Guard

1985

Hazal poster
5.0

The son of a wealthy, respected family seeks the hand of Hazal; unexpectedly, soon after her marriage, her husband dies. According to custom, as the deceased family had paid dowry for Hazal, she must marry the next male sibling—which in this case, happens to be an 11-year old boy.

Hazal

1979

Crab Play poster
NR

Yengeç Oyunu (Crab Play) tells the story of women from a small city, trying to survive. Asya (Ayça İnci) who is a History assistant professor at Istanbul University moves to a town taking her 5-year old daughter İpek, hoping to build a new life. in a little while Asya finds a job at the University and finds herself in an unusual project along her students. A project that will change their life. While investigating old Ottoman documents, they discover a murder case which grabs their attention. At the time seen as an honor killing the suspect has been acquitted. While Asya and her students investigate and find various aspects of this murder, they fight with their own demons as well as those of Turkish society.

Crab Play

2009

Crab Play poster
NR

Yengeç Oyunu (Crab Play) tells the story of women from a small city, trying to survive. Asya (Ayça İnci) who is a History assistant professor at Istanbul University moves to a town taking her 5-year old daughter İpek, hoping to build a new life. in a little while Asya finds a job at the University and finds herself in an unusual project along her students. A project that will change their life. While investigating old Ottoman documents, they discover a murder case which grabs their attention. At the time seen as an honor killing the suspect has been acquitted. While Asya and her students investigate and find various aspects of this murder, they fight with their own demons as well as those of Turkish society.

Crab Play

2009

Crab Play poster
NR

Yengeç Oyunu (Crab Play) tells the story of women from a small city, trying to survive. Asya (Ayça İnci) who is a History assistant professor at Istanbul University moves to a town taking her 5-year old daughter İpek, hoping to build a new life. in a little while Asya finds a job at the University and finds herself in an unusual project along her students. A project that will change their life. While investigating old Ottoman documents, they discover a murder case which grabs their attention. At the time seen as an honor killing the suspect has been acquitted. While Asya and her students investigate and find various aspects of this murder, they fight with their own demons as well as those of Turkish society.

Crab Play

2009

Rosa, I Love You poster
5.5

Story of daydreaming rebellious Rosa searching for love from her teenage years to her deathbed.

Rosa, I Love You

1992

Su da Yanar poster
8.0

It is the story of the dilemmas and struggles in the life of a film director during a period when fear and despair reigned, people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The director, who wants to make a film about Nazım Hikmet, is trying to find the money to do so.

Su da Yanar

1987

Yer Çekimli Aşklar: Sır poster
NR

Adapted from the stories "Come on" and "Ash Birds" from Onat Kutlar's book "Ishak". A story with themes of love, death and fear.

Yer Çekimli Aşklar: Sır

1996

Yer Çekimli Aşklar: Sır poster
NR

Adapted from the stories "Come on" and "Ash Birds" from Onat Kutlar's book "Ishak". A story with themes of love, death and fear.

Yer Çekimli Aşklar: Sır

1996

The Letter poster
4.8

A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody.

The Letter

1997

The Letter poster
4.8

A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody.

The Letter

1997

The Letter poster
4.8

A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody.

The Letter

1997

Ferhat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ferhat

—

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yasak

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yasak

1975

Loves with Gravity poster
9.0

Five short stories based on 'Love' and 'Tolerance' themes. Each of the short films moves along their own lines and ultimately converges in the concepts of love and tolerance.

Loves with Gravity

1996

Loves with Gravity poster
9.0

Five short stories based on 'Love' and 'Tolerance' themes. Each of the short films moves along their own lines and ultimately converges in the concepts of love and tolerance.

Loves with Gravity

1996

The Horse poster
7.3

A father and son come to grips with external hardships and their own human frailties as they attempt to earn enough money to send the boy to school.

The Horse

1982

Kalbin Zamanı poster
8.5

In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death.

Kalbin Zamanı

2004

Kalbin Zamanı poster
8.5

In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death.

Kalbin Zamanı

2004