Tuncel Kurtiz
Nacimiento : 1936-02-01, Bilecik, Turkey
Muerte : 2013-09-27
Historia
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.
Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s.
During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy.
His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
Self (archive)
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Children of a retired colonel come together after their father falls from the rooftop. This constrained togetherness reveals their lies day by day.
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a doctor already disenchanted with his profession and now discarded by his wife; a career woman braving life on her own, who has made loneliness a life style. These characters are all patrons of Black & White, an Ankara bar that has been around for 25 years, and in a sense the bar is their last haven. The owner, meanwhile, is the irritable, easily offended but utterly lovable Faruk... Black & White is a film about the awareness of growing old, friendship, sensitivity and the finer details of life.
Kamil
Estambul, septiembre de 1955. Behçet, un joven idealista y nacionalista turco, hijo de un rico e influyente terrateniente, se enamora de Elena, una joven griega que es expuesta a la prostitución por su propia abuela que, a su vez, fue también prostituta. El amor entre el turco y la griega se verá sorprendido por el estallido de violencia que extremistas y nacionalistas turcos llevaron a cabo contra la comunidad griega durante los Disturbios de Estambul.
Said
Jack se reúne con Liz Johnson, una agente de la NSA, que explica que un obelisco con símbolos ugaríticos ha sido encontrado en Egipto, por la Dra. Lena Halstrom, que une al faraón Akenaten con el tesoro perdido de Ugarit, Jack se compromete a investigar. Jack se encuentra con Nadia y Tariq en Egipto. Mientras Jack, Lena y Nadia estudian el obelisco, Eyhab intenta robar el obelisco, pero Jack y los demás logran frustrar el robo sólo para ser acusados de robar el obelisco por el Dr. Said. Jack decide que no tienen otra alternativa que seguir las pistas para encontrar la tumba escondida de Akhenaten...
Ali Aksu
A través de una serie de encuentros, relaciones e incluso muertes, las frágiles vidas de seis personas se cruzan durante sus viajes emocionales hacia el perdón y la reconciliación en Alemania y Turquía. Nejat (Baki Davrak) no mira con buenos ojos la relación que su padre Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz), un pensionista, mantiene con la prostituta Yeter (Nursel Köse). Pero todo cambia cuando descubre que ella manda dinero a Turquía para pagar los estudios universitarios de su hija. La inesperada muerte de Yeter distancia al hijo y al padre. Nejat decide irse a Estambul a buscar a Ayten, la hija de Yeter. Pero Ayten, una activista política que huye de la policía turca, se ha ido a Alemania...
The story of rivalry between two forms of winter transport: the horse-drawn sleigh which can take the short cut over the frozen lake and the red minibus which needs to be more devious to beat its rival. While the race goes on other tales of intransigence are told in this land of bards and minstrels.
Fatih
Security guard Guido attempts a robbery to solve his financial problems, but he's double-crossed by Antonella, the younger showgirl he left his wife for, who runs off with the money while he gets arrested. In prison, Guido is forcefully involved in the escape plans of two lifers, an old Moroccan and a Turkish gangster. Once out, he plans to find Antonella, who has since become a TV reporter, but things get complicated...
Kel Selim
The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are reflected by the both funny and sad story of a family. The story is told from the eyes of Cemal. Now a famous painter, Cemal goes back to his hometown years later and remembers his childhood. In those days Cemal's father and uncle, member of rival political parties, are in a continious struggle with each other. The film depicts this absurd struggle and the strange stories of people in Harbiye together with the lyric story of the famous waterfall of the town.
Masalcı
Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
Self
In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return to Anatolian soil.
This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has been executed by military fascist junta in 1972.
Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto (Georges Corraface) seeks a wife via videotapes while still seeing his French girlfriend, immigration office worker Christine (Stephanie Lagarde). Cheto places an order for a beautiful girl, but he's disappointed when her sister, country girl Mina (Marina Kobakhidze), arrives at the airport as a substitute. Family pressure forces him to marry her. Unhappy with the way she's treated by Cheto, Mina acquires some progressive notions from Leila (Schahla Aalam) and other local feminists, leading to confrontations with Cheto.
Agah
A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting task is plunged into a web of mystery and intrigue when the watchmaker innocently witnesses the murder of a beautiful woman on his first day in the village.
Fisherman
Sawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a first love against all odds. In a timeless no-mans land scarred by social decay and imminent war, a circus troupe awaits the arrival of the mysterious Rupert who is to deliver them from danger into a better world. The old and wise tightrope master keeps a watchful, loving eye on his young apprentice who, to his concern, could be drafted into the army at any moment. To make matters worse, the boy falls in love with a mermaid...
Being condemned to house arrest by her husband, a countess recognises her Turkish servant as a fellow suppressed creature and sets him free…
The struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography of the Southeast Anatolia.
Reis
Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in Rumelihisar, an old section of Istanbul, and makes ends meet by getting the local fishermen to help him. Mahsun loves the cars he robs, cleans and polishes them, and drives them through the streets of Rumelihisar during the daytime.
Topal Recep Paşa
Estambul, siglo 17. El Imperio Otomano bajo el estricto gobierno del sultán Murad IV. Los principales cuatro personajes Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi, Logari Celebi, Bekri Mustafa y Evliya Celebi, luchan para realizar su sueño (permitir al hombre volar). Entre el generoso entorno de piezas históricas de Estambul, se encuentra un gran drama histórico. Durante la batalla naval que tuvo lugar entre el Imperio Otomano y los italianos, un barco que había sido tomada en el Mar Mediterráneo es traído a Estambul, y una señora herida joven llamada Francesca, la hija del capitán muerto, se convierte en una esclava para Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi. Hezarfen cura las heridas de Francesca, que ha estado trabajando en descifrar las obras de Leonardo da Vinci en Roma. Pronto comienza una historia de amor entre ambos mientras tratan de averiguar el secreto de volar.
In the movie, the life of a singer who has problems with her husband is narrated. Belgin, who works at a night club as a belly dancer, is taken to the police station due to an inspection. Ali, owner of a casino, rescues him, hence they get closer. Belgin, after quitting dancing and starting singing, marries Ali. After a while, Ali’s ex-girlfriend appears and this damages their relationship. Meanwhile, Ali disappears as his business goes worse and Belgin starts to work with a manager who opens her the way leading to fame. Ali, who returns after a while, starts to intervene to Belgin’s life.
Samy
A run-down former radio producer persuades two quarrelsome 1950s stars to try their comeback on nationwide television...
Ivar
A radical socialist is placed as a bodyguard with a minister for the purpose of murdering him. The meeting with the minister's family complicates his task.
Shakuni
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.
grand-father
Orhan, who is ten years old, comes to Vienna from a small Village in Anatolia. Armed with his grandfather's revolver, he intends to avenge his father, who was a "guest worker" and was killed in a car accident.
On his quest for "vengeance", Orhan meets friends and enemies and finds himself in a totally strange world. Finally he realizes the absurdity of his plan and returns to his village.
Al-Houl
Un agente entrenado por la CIA (con Cover Coq Rouge), Carl Hamilton, teniente de la Marina Real de Suecia, recibirá una misión especial: investigar una operación prevista en Suecia, el Plan Dalet. Hamilton no es popular entre los Säpo, pero cuando detiene a los terroristas y son juzgados, lo contratan como agente especial.
Hilmi
This Israeli-made film is set along the battle-torn West Bank. Military governor Makram Khouri tries to flush out some fugitive PLO activists by hanging the rotting, stinking carcass of a dead donkey in a village square. Israeli doctor Rami Danon forgets his animosity towards the PLO and, out of compassion, cuts the carcass down. For disobeying Khouri's orders, Danon becomes as much a fugitive as the Palestinians. While in hiding, Danon befriends Arab hermit Tuncel Kurtiz, whose adopted son is a member of the PLO.
Directed by Nissim Dayan.
The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.
Tonton Ali
Las condiciones de los presos en una cárcel de máxima seguridad de Ankara, en Turquía, son inhumanas. Un grupo de huérfanos kurdos recluidos en una de celdas lucha por su propia supervivencia y decide rebelarse ante las constantes vejaciones y violaciones a las que les someten los guardias. Sólo cuentan con dos opciones: intentar escapar y arriesgarse a morir en el intento, o esperar la oportunidad de ser trasladados a un centro mejor.
Writer
A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on that his compatriots have saved big money working in Sweden. Money he intend to spend on making a film.
Director
A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on that his compatriots have saved big money working in Sweden. Money he intend to spend on making a film.
The film director
A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on that his compatriots have saved big money working in Sweden. Money he intend to spend on making a film.
Writer
The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
Zeynel
The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
Hamo
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.
Directed by Erden Kiral.
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunystraße features the war-widow Frau Kutzer, the philosopher-guest worker Niyazi, as well as other characters passing through the street. The street itself bears silent witness to the deferred good life of the laborer. If Germany is “a little America,” as the narrator tells us, could there have been a “German Dream” for the migrant worker? Or is Berlin-Kreuzberg rather the site of an ongoing nightmare filled with the specters of Germany’s past? How do stories of place and of people converge on Naunystrasse? And how does this documentary speak to us today?
Hasan
After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the desert in a quest for a mythical lost treasure.
Hamza
Komiser
Loosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken binge over the disappearance of his love, Murat (Ayhan Isik) is picked up out of the gutter by the police and dropped smack-dab in the middle of a political bombshell.
Bekir
La vida en la frontera es realmente difícil. La tierra es pedregosa y seca, los agricultores aran los campos de arena y las actividades ilegales parecen el único recurso. En Deliviran, un pueblo al lado de Urfa, cerca de la frontera siria, el jefe de Hidir, implicado en un tráfico de migrantes, es asesinado. Hidir intenta mantenerse alejado de estas actividades ilegales, pero las circunstancias le obligan a pasar clandestinamente un rebaño de ovejas a Siria. Entre la miseria y las minas, Hidir lucha por mantener su sueño intacto y a su hijo con vida.
The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.
Raised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love between the two becomes a challenge to life.
Turgut
A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.
Cemal
Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz Güney confirms his acting qualities with a pathetic composition.
Köylü
The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great expectations, but soon confront the difficulties of adjusting to life there. After days of job hunting, they finally find employment in the harbor.
