Şahika Tekand

Acting

Şahika Tekand

Born January 1, 1959 (age 67)

No biography available.

Known For

Motherland HotelMotherland Hotel · 1987
Motherland Hotel
6.91987
MovieCrimeDrama
Zebercet is an obsessive man living a monotonous life in a hotel with few customers. This monotonous life changes with the arrival of a woman who does not even give her name. She stays only one night in the room she has rented and leaves the hotel to come back a week later.
Ekran AşıklarıEkran Aşıkları · 1989
Ekran Aşıkları
1989
MovieDrama
The story of a computer programmer who was abandoned by his wife and lives with his son at his sister's house.
Afife JaleAfife Jale · 1987
Afife Jale
6.01987
MovieDrama
The life of Afife Jale, the first Turkish female theater artist, is recounted. Since childhood, Afife has been a free-spirited girl who loves her freedom. However, she lives in a conservative family environment. When she turned twelve, she was forced to wear a veil despite her objections. With the support of her family elders, her father allowed her to study painting at the School of Fine Arts. However, Afife's heart was set on theater. Initially, she staged plays for her friends on a small stage she had set up inside her home, performing the plays of the Afife Company. Her greatest obstacle was her father. With the support of her grandfather, the Pasha, and her childhood friend and lover, Dr. Ziya, Afife stood up to her father. She could not suppress her desire for much longer.
Night JourneyNight Journey · 1987
Night Journey
6.71987
MovieDramaMystery
A confused script writer takes refuge in the ruins of a Byzantine church at a remote village while looking for locations for his next film.
Journey on a Clock HandJourney on a Clock Hand · 1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
5.81997
MovieMysteryDrama
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.
Yellow SmileYellow Smile · 1992
Yellow Smile
5.01992
MovieDramaRomance
Eda is the owner of a picture gallery. Her husband, İdris, who is a popular poet, is an art consultant. This intellectual couple lives in harmony intellectually, especially in the sexual life of Eda. Because Idris is alcoholic and impotent. When her husband goes to Paris for work, Eda sleeps with her friend Erdal, one of the friends of the night, with the influence of alcohol. This relationship gradually becomes a sensual passion
The Woman Has No NameThe Woman Has No Name · 1988
The Woman Has No Name
6.91988
MovieDrama
Işık visits a friend's summer home to spend some time alone after growing up under the strain of her surroundings and family. Here, she reflects on her prior issues and the challenges she has encountered as a woman.
LockLock · 2007
Lock
2007
Movie
Berna, a theater artist, struggles for the sake of acting only for art at a time when popular culture is dominant. Meanwhile, during a visit to a museum on 'The First Women of History', she is very impressed by the hand-painted portrait of Afife Jale, the first Muslim Turkish actress to appear on stage.

Filmography

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Afife JaleAfife Jale · 1987
Afife Jale
6.01987
MovieDrama
The life of Afife Jale, the first Turkish female theater artist, is recounted. Since childhood, Afife has been a free-spirited girl who loves her freedom. However, she lives in a conservative family environment. When she turned twelve, she was forced to wear a veil despite her objections. With the support of her family elders, her father allowed her to study painting at the School of Fine Arts. However, Afife's heart was set on theater. Initially, she staged plays for her friends on a small stage she had set up inside her home, performing the plays of the Afife Company. Her greatest obstacle was her father. With the support of her grandfather, the Pasha, and her childhood friend and lover, Dr. Ziya, Afife stood up to her father. She could not suppress her desire for much longer.