Rifat Ilgaz
Date of Birth: 07 May 1911
Country: Turkey
Biography: The Writer of Hababam Sınıfı novel.Ilgaz started writing poetry during his junior school years and evolved into one of the prolific social-realist writers of 20th century Turkish literature. His poems are considered prime examples of socialist-realistic writing. While he has never really been a partisan of political ideologies, the fact that he has written about the sufferings of the people placed him at a left wing perspective. Like other writers of his time, Ilgaz was imprisoned as a result of one of his publications.
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 9 (Writer)
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About a class of highschool students in a private school. Their school tuition are paid by their ignorant parents who think that's all for them to get prepared for life. The students bond each other as a family. They are lazy, ignorant, funny and the worst nightmare of their teachers... (IMDB Comments)
Hababam Sinifi is basically a movie based on the novel by Rifat Ilgaz, telling the story about a class of lazy high school pranksters. The movie just presents the most entertaining moments of high school years; which we have all been there once, and feel deep down a nostalgia for the days when life was fun and we were teenagers (IMDB Comments)
The story is about school life; there were many people who didn't graduate after two or three attempts. Also there are no girls in this class, only boys. One day, they go on holiday by convincing their teacher they are boy scouts. The film is about their adventures, there are many jokes.
Istanbul, towards the end of World War II. A period of martial law, bread is rationed, and the prayer calls are in Turkish. A poetry book by Mustafa Ural is claimed to be communist propaganda, banned and collected by the government. The police are after him. The famous Sansaryan Complex operates as police headquarters and torture ensues against the progressive democrat intelligentsia. Mustafa refuses to surrender and runs away. (iksv.org)
