Metin Erksan
出生 : 1929-01-01, Çanakkale, Türkiye
死亡 : 2012-08-04
略歴
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Metin Erksan (January 1, 1929 – August 4, 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 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots.
He directed 42 films, 2 of which he produced himself; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.
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It’s a psychological love story of a woman who’s about to die from cancer and the killer she hired to kill herself.
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It’s a psychological love story of a woman who’s about to die from cancer and the killer she hired to kill herself.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A guy is excited to meet his girlfriend tonight. His friends persuade the man, who does not want to go out until the meeting time, to take him out. However, the night does not progress as expected and dreams and reality are mixed with each other.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No signs of life. A man at the train station cuts his way through the passengers standing still as if time stopped.
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No signs of life. A man at the train station cuts his way through the passengers standing still as if time stopped.
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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.
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Directed by Metin Erksan.
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Directed by Metin Erksan.
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Keloglan (Bald Boy) is a dreamer but his only ability is talking, one day The Sultan announces a tournament and best warrior of the land will win his daughter, Keloglan wants to join the tournament to make his dreams come true but didn't know how to fight so he begins a travel to learn fighting from famous warrior Master Ali Cengiz.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Upon his return as a millionaire, Ali, with the repression complex he suffered years ago, spreads fear and death around him and takes brutal revenge on the woman he loves.
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Upon his return as a millionaire, Ali, with the repression complex he suffered years ago, spreads fear and death around him and takes brutal revenge on the woman he loves.
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A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
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A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
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A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
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Two thieves break into a wealthy family’s Bosphorus house and steal a necklace – a wedding gift from the nouveau rich patriarch to his daughter in law. When the necklace turns out to be fake, the two frustrated thieves call the family, threatening to expose the fact.
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Two thieves break into a wealthy family’s Bosphorus house and steal a necklace – a wedding gift from the nouveau rich patriarch to his daughter in law. When the necklace turns out to be fake, the two frustrated thieves call the family, threatening to expose the fact.
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A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.
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A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.
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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.
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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.
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A social melodrama that tells the love story of a young girl who works at a high society hair salon as a manicurist and a young man who works at a shipyard as a welder.
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A social melodrama that tells the love story of a young girl who works at a high society hair salon as a manicurist and a young man who works at a shipyard as a welder.
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A group of young man from suburban, unite and make some trouble to achieve their different purposes.
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A group of young man from suburban, unite and make some trouble to achieve their different purposes.
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Following the death of her taxi driver father, Nebahat has to choose between poverty and being a driver herself. Despite the troubles caused by her fiancé, his mother, rascal drivers and the owner of the cab she chooses to become Nebahat the Cabbie.
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Following the death of her taxi driver father, Nebahat has to choose between poverty and being a driver herself. Despite the troubles caused by her fiancé, his mother, rascal drivers and the owner of the cab she chooses to become Nebahat the Cabbie.
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Three men live in an abandoned building and try to eke out a living by pooling their meagre resources. They come upon a lonely blind girl one night, befriend her, and take her in as their guest, pretending they are rich. They learn that 800 lira will cure her blindness. One of the three decides to get the money by any means necessary, because he has fallen in love with her.
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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.
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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.
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Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri, the film tells the story of a woman suffering from a forbidden love.
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Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri, the film tells the story of a woman suffering from a forbidden love.
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The film follows the adventures of a gentleman thief, named Cingöz Recai (Turan Seyfioğlu). With the help of his fiance Jale (Neriman Köksal), he steals from the rich.
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The film follows the adventures of a gentleman thief, named Cingöz Recai (Turan Seyfioğlu). With the help of his fiance Jale (Neriman Köksal), he steals from the rich.
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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.
