Atıf Yılmaz

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Atıf Yılmaz

Born December 9, 1925 · Turkey

Died May 5, 2006 · aged 80

Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in most every period of the Turkish film industry. After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law Schoo…

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The Girl with the Red ScarfThe Girl with the Red Scarf · 1977
The Girl with the Red Scarf
★ 7.71977
MovieDramaRomance
İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.
Three FriendsThree Friends · 1958
Three Friends
★ 6.41958
MovieDramaRomance
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.
I Love YouI Love You · 1983
I Love You
1983
MovieDramaRomance
As a coincidence, Murat founds his ex-love Selma after several years in his town. He would like to make up and regain her trust and love. However Selma already have a different life style.
The Man Who Strikes GoldThe Man Who Strikes Gold · 1978
The Man Who Strikes Gold
★ 6.61978
MovieComedy
Adem is working as a waiter and he gets fired at that moment he inherits a fortune from his rich uncle in USA. Women start to throw themselves at him, people try to use him, everyone acts nicer to him while he is try to manage his new life.
Walking After MidnightWalking After Midnight · 1992
Walking After Midnight
★ 4.21992
MovieDrama
Newly divorced Nilgün, a doctor from Istanbul, is sent to a remote small town to practice; where she meets up with long lost friend Havva while treating local prostitutes.
The Magic TreasureThe Magic Treasure · 1950
The Magic Treasure
★ 8.01950
MovieComedy
Adorned with the songs of Safiye Ayla, Müzeyyen Senar and Perihan Altındağ, the movie tells the comedy of two friends looking for treasure.
Vasfiye Is Her NameVasfiye Is Her Name · 1985
Vasfiye Is Her Name
★ 7.01985
MovieDramaFantasy
The story of a provincial woman named Vasfiye, whose life passed changing hands and drifting between men in Aegean towns, is told by different narrators. The story changes every time the narrator changes. However, it is not known which story is the truth.
The Second WifeThe Second Wife · 1974
The Second Wife
★ 7.51974
MovieDrama
A peasant woman who cannot bear children for her husband agrees to take in a concubine as a result of pressure from her community and finds the concubine herself. The new woman is also unable to bear children. However, the first woman becomes pregnant in the meantime. The jealous concubine slanders her, and the villagers tie the woman they call a "whore" to a tree to kill her. Her husband arrives in time to rescue her, and they leave the village.

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Mill HorseMill Horse · 1982
Mill Horse
★ 7.01982
MovieComedyDrama
Ali, an honest and honorable man, moves to Istanbul when he is transferred there. He moves in with his sister Hacer and brother-in-law Yakup. Yakup's niece Ayşe also lives in the same house. From the day he starts his job as a civil servant, Ali reacts against the swindlers and bribe-takers around him. As a result, his boss and other civil servants become uncomfortable with the situation. When Yakup runs away with the money he collected to build a mosque, Ali and Ayşe are left alone. Not wanting to leave each other, the two get married. Ali is fired from his job for preventing the civil servants from taking bribes and goes to the village with Ayşe. Yakup, who has fled to Istanbul, calls Ali and Ayşe to join him at his insistence. Ali and his family, who go to Yakup's side out of desperation, will never be able to escape their troubles.

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After the FallAfter the Fall · 1999
After the Fall
★ 5.21999
MovieDrama
In the early days of the September 12 military coup, five-year-old Metin waits for his mother, singing to himself as he looks out the window. But his mother, Ayten, has been arrested and sent to prison. Since the child is alone at home, they take him to his mother in her cell, but despite all her jokes and games, Metin is aware of what is happening. The next day, Metin's grandfather Hüseyin Efe, who lives on Bozcaada, comes to take him, and Metin's days of freedom on the island begin. His friends exclude him because of the "communist" label his mother has been given. Yet Metin cannot even properly say the word "communist." Metin, affected by the exclusion, has another concern: his father’s photo is also on the “Wanted” posters hanging all over the island.

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