Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney

Country: Turkey

Total Credits at Criticker: 64 (Actor), 19 (Director), 38 (Writer)

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    Umut
    "Umut" is the story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man, played by Güney, begins a slow slide into despair... (imdb)
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    Baba
    "Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. Güney plays a father who 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. (imdb)
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    Prangasiz mahkumlar
    A Turkish drama from the 1960s
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    Arkadas
    The visit of Jimmie's childhood friend to his residence in an exclusive section of Istanbul serves to remind him of the ideals he had as a youth and has now thoroughly betrayed. The friend has never played anyone false, and his uprightness is fascinating to Jimmie's wife and daughter, also serving as a catalyst for reforming an angry neighborhood youth. The wife is torn between the two men's lifestyles, though there is no hint of unfaithfulness... (imdb)
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    Aci
    If we take to the forefront not what is told in cinema but how it is told, PAIN - a film narrated with a pace that never drops, a tension that never decreases from beginning to end, with a complete integrity of style - is a milestone both in Turkish cinema and in Güney's cinema (iksv.org)
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    Ince Cumali
    Cumali's family killed by Ali Aga when he was a baby, a miller protects baby Cumali, he grows up and learns who killed his family. He find Ali Aga and kidnaps his daughter...
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    Kizilirmak-Karakoyun
    It's a unfeasible love story... Villagers says there is no way, but elders find a solution, like an exam. If young boy can accross to the river with all sheeps, they will live together. But there is a one condition, sheeps will eat salt all three days and night before acrossing. And all of them will not drink even one drop water!... (www.sinematurk.com)
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    Hudutlarin kanunu
    It's a smuggler Hidir's story. He is a farmer actually, but system made him smuggler. Who is the guilty? This is the Hidir's fight. And he is alone... (www.sinematurk.com)
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    Seyyit Han
    Seyyit Han has been just released from prison. He comes back to his village and finds his fiancée Keje about to marry another guy. The villainous Haydar Bey spread the rumour that Seyyit Han has died in prison, so he could trick Keje's brother for permisson to marry her. At first the film follows the pattern of a western, then depicts the rituals and traditions in rural Turkey with a spark of Neorealism and becomes a revenge melodrama in the end.
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    Umutsuzlar
    A tragic love story between a mafia leader and a ballerina.
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    Aç Kurtlar
    Serçe Mehmet had been a teacher in a village near Siirt in South-East Anatolia. Bandits had kidnapped his wife, after seven months they returned her dead body, she had committed suicide out of shame. Mehmet then decided to leave the village and to devote the rest of his life to hunting bandits down. Here the film sets in. (worldscinema.com)
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    Agit
    Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder. (imdb)
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    Zavallilar
    The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to get out when they are released. What are Abuzer, Haci and Arap going to do when they will be out? (imdb)
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    Tütün Zamani
    This movie is an adaptation of Necati Cumali's novel.
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    Canli Hedef
    father-daughter sentiency which was experienced in the middle of weapons, conflict and hostility..
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    Yarın Son Gündür
    Another crime film made by Yılmaz Güney with the Ugly King concept.
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    Autour du mur
    A documentary about the French exile of Turkish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney, and how he directed "The Wall" in a French old abbey. (imdb)
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    Sayili kabadayilar
    feud among Istanbul 'kabadayi's -bullys
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    Yilmaz Güney: Adana - Paris
    Documentary about legendary director Yilmaz Güney.
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    Ben öldükçe yasarim
    A desperate poetic love story.
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    Zeyno
    The story of two lovers whose families are enemies because of a blood feud.
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    Kahreden kursun
    a detective story against a criminal mob
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    Koçero
    The epic story of a bandit in Anatolia
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    Balatli Arif
    A boy lives in a poor neighbourhood and works hard so as to support his training in medicine. He also falls in love.
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    Bir çirkin adam
    The story of a contract killer
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    At hirsizi Banus
    The story of a rustler
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    Vurguncular
    adventures of two best friends in a criminal world
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    Çirkin Kral
    Crime and mafia story with the 'ugly king' Yılmaz Güney
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    Alageyik
    A rural love story
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    Kaçaklar
    Love story in the midst of the crime world
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    Sahtekar
    The life story of a man who has to live in the criminal world.
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    Silah ve namus
    A man has to live the life of a hired gunman
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    Çirkin Kral affetmez
    An innocent man is accused of crime
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    Ibret
    The story of a man escaping prison
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    Çirkin ve cesur
    A western film with Yılmaz Güney
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    Yigit yarali olur
    A man accused unjustly and his love
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    Bana kursun islemez
    A kabadayi new in Istanbul and his fiancée searching for him
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    Benim adim Kerim
    The run between drug dealers and police
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    Azrail benim
    A kabadayı with a good heart
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    Esrefpasali
    A kabadayı and his circle
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    Kan su gibi akacak
    A kabadayi movie of Yilmaz Güney
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    Daglarin oglu
    The story of a man who takes revenge against his friend for deceiving him.
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    On korkusuz adam
    War of ten Turkish warriors against Cypriot EOKA
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    Kuduz Recep
    An historical adventure set during the Ottoman era.
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    Kasimpasali Recep
    Yilmaz Güney plays a kabadayı of a neighbourhood
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    Aslan Bey
    A Turkish warrior fights against an evil Russian general and protects people of Caucasus
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    Bin defa ölürüm
    Two twin brothers who do not know each other; one is a policeman, the other is a murderer.
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    Ikisi de cesurdu
    A prisoner is sent to exile. He counts the days to see his mother. He also loves a girl.
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    Korkusuzlar
    A movie similar to John Sturges' Last Train from Gun Hill.
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    The Legend of the Ugly King
    A young filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of the famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international attention by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) or Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978) (imdb.com).
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    Pire Nuri
    Pire Nuri is a 1968 Turkish movie starring and directed by Yılmaz Güney. (wikipedia.org)
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    Sezercik yavrum benim
    Aynur, who is pregnant with Tarık, is very happy in the presence of that young man's proposal. However, Tarık's family would not accept this young woman and they would not approve their marriage.
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    Tatli Bela
    Osman (Orhan Günsiray) takes a job in a mansion and the secrets are revealed.
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    Üçünüzü de Mihlarim
    The story of a blood feud. Mehmet avenged his father. He falls in love with his enemy's daughter.
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    Tehlikeli Adam
    The story of a man accused of murdering his wife.
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    Son Kizgin Adam
    During a robbery Yilmaz is raided by the police. He hides the stolen money for later and escapes injured to a village. He falls in love with Selma, who takes care of him. (imdb)
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    Sevgili Muhafizim
    The story of Mehmet Silvan, the guard, and the three sisters entrusted to him.
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    Onu Allah Affetsin
    The story of a gang operating in Kayseri and the police trying to bring down this gang.
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    Sokakta Kan Vardi
    Turgut is a famous journalist. He is married to Beyhan, the daughter of a media proprietor, and they have a daughter. One day, Gülsen, a secretary, comes to the newspaper's office. Her sister Birsen is missing and asks Turgut for help.
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    Kocaoglan
    Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her. (imdb)
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    Yarali Kartal
    Three brothers who take the revenge of their families. (imdb)
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    Piyade Osman
    The story of Piyade Osman, a photographer. There is a fake news about him and he gets into trouble.
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    Mor Defter
    A poem may be the only proof of a murder, stated as a suicide, the lines of which stays in a diary of a madman ridiculing prevalent vices in his own paranoiac world of dreams and fantasies. (imdb)
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    Belanın Yedi Türlüsü
    The revenge of Zaza Seyhmus, whose father was killed. (imdb)
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