Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband.

Kemal, a well-known bully, confronts Kasif, who manages the drug traffic and wants to do business in Turkey, and others, who want to do cocaine business with him.

Murat is a handsome tour guide. He takes a job on the mob leader Temel's boat. Temel's wife Sadiye fancies him, and Murat is also attracted to her beauty. They start an affair and meet in the boat when Temel is absent. For money laundering purposes, Temel transfers all his assets to Sadiye. However, Temel finds about Sadiye's affair with Murat. He assaults Sadiye and in return Sadiye wants to kill him. When Murat learns that Temel has hurt Sadiye, he kills Temel. Sadiye finds his gun and reports Murat to the police, as she is tired of him as well. Murat understands that he has been used by Sadiye in her dirty plot. He is very disappointed and Sadiye's life will turn into a nightmare.

A Turkish crime film.

The story of twin brothers, who lost the contact to each other since their childhood.

The story of a love triangle. Ömer is deeply in love with Sevgi. But he isn't aware of the information, that his best friend Kadir also shows interest in her.

Another story of Gırgıriye Neighbourhood with Müjdat Gezen and Gülşen Bubikoğlu

Mexican President Velasquez has been deposed by a military coup, and is hiding in a secret place. After him are the military, who repress the loyalist peasants with brutality, and a gang of thieves, who want to get a cache of money. Velasquez thin hope of survival is his faithful bodyguard Cobra who may eventually help him escape, or at least get some documents out of the country. But Cobra can not do this alone, and alliances do not seem possible in the midst of a trigger-happy revolution.

Former war veteran Kan Rambo has to fight against an evil gang of bikers when they refuse to let him enter their village and live a peaceful life.

A revenge story of a man whose lover was blinded by his enemies and who was forced to shoot his own grandfather and was imprisoned.

An investigation begins when two policemen are killed in an unknown manner.

People search for an ancient jewel in Istanbul.

Çetin Inanç directs Cüneyt Arkin in a crime flick with fast pacing, fast cars, fast fights.

After his father's death, Rıfkı (Kemal Sunal) returns from Germany to his village to sell their goods. He is declared a Saint after several incidents. Rıfkı, prays for rain for half an hour and sends down rain. He prays and old single women get married, heals crippled people. Meanwhile, some mercenaries tell him to enter village elections for the Mayor. Another candidate offers bribe to Rıfkı for not entering elections. Rıfkı wins the elections, but in the end people realize his tricks.

People mistake a naive extra for his lookalike gangster and cause funny events.

Story of a famous singer from a small rural village, making it big in the city by following their passion.

Story of a bus driver who had to deal with unexpected, pitiful events caused mainly by his rebellious little brother.

Two master thieves try to outdo each other to be the sole owner of the loot.

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Turkish Mr. Majestyk

He is a civil servant in the bland state office. His whole life changes when his reports get mixed up in the hospital and he gets news that he's going to die very soon.

The story of a lunatic who escapes from a mental hospital to get revenge on those who raped and killed his wife.

A robber who carries out a bank robbery is sought everywhere, and the thief seeks shelter in Cevriye's house, seeking help from her. In time, a relationship will arise between the two that rebelled against all life and identities.

It's losely based on "The Godfather" (1972).

The film tells the story of a gangster who declares war on the mafia. Canpolat is a gangster who works as a hit man. His brother is institutionalised for drug addiction. Canpolat takes action to hold accountable those who got his brother addicted to cannabis and trafficked him. However, he is injured before he can finish the mafia. When he is released from the hospital, he is thrown into prison. Adem, his old enemy, kidnaps him from the hospital and the police. His aim is to sell him to the mafia in exchange for money and to educate his daughter Hasret with this money. However, the course of events will change as some facts are revealed.

This awesome and incredibly rare Turkish/Italian co-production, starts out as a Euro crime outing and quickly turns into a dark and sleazy House on the Edge of the Park type exploitation affair with the villain Ahmet (Piero Fabiani) taking a blind man, his daughter and niece hostage at their mansion and subjecting them to all kinds of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Turkish legend Tarik Akan plays Commissioner Murat who is out to catch Ahmet - even if it means dispensing with the rule book altogether!

Cafer, bored with his marriage, works as a cashier. One day he is caught embezzling a large sum of money and ends up in prison. Piraeus Mehmet, Fırıldak Ömer and Cin Ali go to prison to ask him where the money is..

It is the Fatih's reign.. When the ship of Naval Captain Yunus is on the way to return to the country, the ship is stopped and controlled by the Black Pirate and his men. All the the treasure and monies are taken by him. The pirate is protected by Prince Nikolas of Kos. They always plunder Turkish villages. Fatih orders Kara Murat to take care of them and save the Captain and his men.

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The film is about the love story between Murat and Selma. Murat is a masseur loved by his clients. Her biggest goal in life is to make her daughter Ebru happy. One day, he is assigned to the physical therapy of Abbas, one of the bosses of the underworld. He meets Selma, Abbas' daughter. The two, who did not get along at first, fall in love with each other over time. But the struggle between Abbas and his rival Kamil irreversibly affects Murat and those around him.

The story of a bully who seeks revenge after getting out of jail

Ra'na dreams of owning a motor boat. But she can't buy it by fishing and selling the caught fish...

Byzantine Prince kills Kara Murat's father and kidnaps his brother to raise him as the Black Knight to fight against Turks. Years later, Kara Murat has to face the notorious enemy in a mission to save abducted Karaca Pasha of Rumelia (IMDB).

A ship stopped at the port of Istanbul should take vegetables, but an unscrupulous man would like to add weapons under the vegetable crates. The captain of the ship refuses the offer of the evildoer.

Cellat, the Turkish version of Death Wish, sticks fairly close plot wise to the template of the American film, with some scenes and bits of dialogue being almost identical. However, it also deviates from its inspiration at times and is at its most interesting and valuable in these little moments, providing lurid snapshots of a place and a culture.

A group of men team up against a ruthless mob.

About Murat's struggle for his family, who got into trouble because of his brother Kemal. As Murat tries to get revenge on the gang, a tragedy will ensue.

Zindan (Prison) a 1974 action film directed by Remzi Jöntürk.

When Battal Gazi is killed by Byzantine Prince, his son swears to take revenge.

Turkish remake of George Roy Hill's "The Sting."

Erol is a successful cop, who lives with his sister Yasemin. Wang, the most troublesome gang leader of Hong Kong comes to Istanbul. The Security Department of Istanbul, appoint Erol to catch Wang. The Hong Kong Security Department sends their spy Wang Ti to Istanbul. Wang threatens a Chinese girl called Helen. With Helen's help, Erol starts a fight with Wang, nobody knows how it will end.

Kemal is a casino owner, Tayyar is after his casino. Asli goes to a boarding-school, her granny is a flower seller from whom Kemal always buys some. Asli's father is in jail. One day Kemal hits Asli with his car, they become friends. She wants him to come to the school party, introducing him as her father. Tayyar's assassin shoots Kemal, Asli nurses him as he is released from hospital. They feel close to each other, yet Kemal wants her to stay away from the mafia world, he finds out that Asli is Fatma's grandchild. Fatma tells her that Kemal is married and has children. Tayyar kidnaps Asli, he asks Kemal for his casino to set her free. Kemal meets Tayyar, a volley starts and Kemal gets fatally wounded. Asli and Kemal loved each other, unfortunately Kemal dies.

The story of love between a Turkish officer who went to the island during the Cyprus landing and a woman who is a native Turkish of Cyprus.

Sultan Khan of Ottoman Empire has fallen in love with Princess Iren of Byzantium. When he asks her father Niktol for her hand he refuses and tries to kill Khan. The Sultan's armies then attack and overtake Constantinople (now renamed Istanbul). Niktol kills Princess Iren and flees with his army to the island of Lesbos. From Lesbos, Niktol launches a series of ruthless attacks on Turkish villages resulting in the death of one of the Sultan's guard's mother. The guard, Murat, is sent by the Sultan on a mission to avenge his mother's death and bring back the head of the man who killed Iren. Murat goes undercover in Lesbos posing as Royal Guard Kostas, seeking the killers.

After his family is killed in front of his eyes, a little boy grows up to be the nightmare of Byzantine's Black Knighthood.

With the start of the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Army attacks Erzurum. Zeynep sets out to find her husband when there are rumors that her husband has been martyred. However, a big surprise awaits her there.

Sema leaves from her husband in the case of suspicion. Then, Sema tries to get free from her suspicion. Does she achieve and turn back her husband?

The Classical story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, starring Sadri Alışık as Ali Baba.

This is the second Zagor movie starring Levent Çakir. In this one he fights pirates!

Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.

Zagor is a costumed hero in the tradition of Batman or the Phantom who has been transplanted to the old west, with perhaps a bit of Tarzan thrown into the mix for extra pop cultural resonance. The son of a white army officer and his wife who were slain by Indians, Zagor was raised by a trapper who taught him to be murderously handy with an ax, a task that would come in handy when he embarked on his planned mission of vengeance against his parents' killers. Upon reaching adulthood, however, Zagor discovered that his father had also been responsible for the deaths of many Indians, and that the moral line was not drawn as clearly as he had initially thought. As a result, he vowed to become an equal opportunity protector of the oppressed, whether they be white settlers or Indians.

Selma, a wealthy woman, is taken to hospital following what looks like a car breakdown on the road. From then on, she suffers from psychological problems. Selma crashes her car on a rainy night, and car mechanic Orhan finds her, and takes her to the hospital. She becomes enamored with him. But as Selma recalls further details of the accident, she realizes that the real rescuer is a gypsy musician named Ekrem. Selma begins to lead two separate lives, torn between Ekrem and Orhan.

"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.

Turkish adaptation of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as "Prince Sinbad of the Mountains".

During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for the Ankara Express operation.

Having to bring money to her home after her father's death, Nebahat starts working as a driver, a completely male-dominated job.

Cemile is a young woman who lost her parents as a child. Raised by a woman who mothered her, Cemile became a seamstress when she became an adult woman. Suat, who he grew up with in the same neighborhood, becomes a doctor. Cemile and Suat, who have loved each other for years, are planning their marriage. However, in the meantime, Cemile's accident changes everything.

This film is about two outlaws that come head to head. Kamil is the famed outlaw of the town. He plans to skip the town with his lover Nesrin, and get rid of his outlaw ways. Ahmet, on the other hand, is an outlaw whose reputation has spread to the entire country. At the end of his nine-year prison sentence, he is exiled to town for six months. The rumors that spread following the news of Ahmet's arrival aggravate Kamil. Ahmet is looking forward to meeting his mother who he has been yearning to meet for years, and doesn’t complain about what is being done to him. But someone else is doing their best to make the two outlaws fight one another

The film tells the story of a convict who fights against the injustice of prison management. Arap Kadir is new to prison. He earns prison leader Fethi’s trust in no time thanks to his honesty and audacity. But Arap Kadir is left with no protection when Fethi is exiled to another prison. Seeing this as an advantage, the management decide to bring Arap Kadir to his knees.

A hustler hanging around in a luxury hotel steals a bag full of stolen jewelery from a gang, he leave the city but the gang are after him, on the road he finds a small motel where he hides the bag and work for the old guy who own the hotel and sleeps with his young wife, she tries to convince him to get rid of the old man but he falls in love with the old man's young and innocent daughter.

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In the spirit of the jaw- droppingly outrageous KILINK ISTANBUL'DA, DEMIR PENCE concerns itself with two masked adversaries -- one fighting for justice, the other a nefarious criminal -- who do battle with the fate of Turkey & the entire world at stake.

Sahin works as a farmer for Hidir Aga. Sahin is in love with Zeynep who is fancied by Hidir's son Suleyman, too. Enmity comes to exist between Sahin and Hidir Aga. Hidir denounces him to the gendarme chief Hasan. Yet Hasan believes Sahin and sets him free. Hidir urges Zeynep to get engaged with his son. Sahin kidnaps Zeynep. Suleyman and his men follow them, Zeynep kills Suleyman. Hidir and his men are after them now. They find their trace. Zeynep gets injured in the fight and dies. Now, the time has come for Sahin to take revenge and death is inevitable.

Intersection of the roads of twins allotted years ago.

A superhero western based on The Phantom

A vigilante known as Kizil Maske, or the Red Mask (Atasoy) must stop crime lord Al Kapon (Yildirim Gencer) acquiring a genius professor’s formula for rapid plant growth.

The Turkish Django movie has the relentless gunfighter struggling to bring law and order to a small village in the wild west. In order to exact his bloody vengeance he must unmask the main villain, none other than Kilink, the death rider!

Murat and Riza are two friends. They plan a robbery but Riza decides to take the whole money and denounces Murat to the police. As Murat is released, he goes to take revenge from Riza who is now a rancher. Murat falls in love with his sister Zeynep and therefore gives up with taking revenge. Riza wants to kill Murat as he finds out he is dating with Zeynep. They fight and Riza gets killed. When Zeynep tells him that she is pregnant and that she will wait for him, Murat has no other choice but surrender.

Russian giaour destroy the whole town and kill the entire Muslim people and Seyh Samil imposes duty to Haci Murad to fight against the whole giaour.

Based on THE DEEP by Mickey Spillane, the film tells the story of a tough guy, who returns to his old neighborhood to avenge the murder of his childhood partner in crime.

Sedat is a taxi driver. One night he helps robber without knowing. Then he is arrested in despite of his innocence. When he gets out from prison he takes an oath to revenge but one woman changes everything.

The another fight story against tyrant like Horasan'in Uc Atlisi.

Metin, who ruined the coke factory owned by his father because of his fondness for women and gambling, working for his ex-lover Sevim's father as a driver. Will his father, who has fallen as a beggar, be able to forgive Metin?

Suleyman works at a gas station. One of his customers Kenan, who is a businessman, asks him to be his bodyguard. Suleyman is in love with Oya. Kenan wants to prevent their marriage and makes a plot with his brothel girl Cicek. Cicek has an affair with Suleyman and Kenan takes their photos. As Oya sees the photos, she leaves her job. Kenan gets her to work for his relative Leman who is a tailor. Suleyman quits his work and searches for Oya though without success. Oya gets to know about Leman and Kenan's evil plans and she gets seized on her attempt to escape. Cicek informs Suleyman about Oya's whereabouts. Everybody gets organized to save her and they succeed. Cicek shoots Leman and Kenan at the expense of her own life.

Based on a comic novel, this Turkish fantasy movie shows some resemblance to Casper.

The experiences of a man who takes revenge on his boss who stole his invention.

The funny story of two alike friends Kamil and Cafer, set in a hotel.