Acemi Çapkın

Amateur Flirt (Acemi Çapkın) (translated)

Movie · 1964 · 15 people

Comedy meets sentimental drama in Acemi Çapkın (Amateur Flirt), a black-and-white Turkish film from 1964. Nejat Saydam directed it and co-wrote the screenplay with İlhan Engin; Murat Köseoğlu produced it for Acar Film, and it runs about 100 minutes. Saydam ranked among the most prolific directors of Yeşilçam, and the film belongs to the busy 1960s, when many films were made each year.

İzzet Günay leads the cast as Sıtkı Candost. Feridun Çölgeçen plays Zeki, Gülbin Eray plays Memnune, Meral Kurtuluş plays Lamia, Ahmet Tarık Tekçe plays Cemil and Sadettin Erbil plays Süreyya Demirsoy, while Moris is Cafer and Turhan Göker is Kadri. Tijen Par, Birsen Bengü, Cem Taylan and Muammer Gözalan are among the other familiar faces. The cast list also includes marriage registrars, men in a nightclub and Süreyya's henchman, and the film's world features a shop, accessories and decoration.

Melih Sertesen was the cinematographer, Metin Bükey composed the music, Özdemir Arıtan edited and Melih Üstüngör was production manager. Acar Film handled production, studio floor and preparation. In dubbing, Hayri Esen voiced İzzet Günay, Agah Hün voiced Turhan Göker, Osman Alyanak voiced Moris and Kemal Ergüvenç voiced Ahmet Tarık Tekçe.

DirectorNejat Saydam
Production companyAcar Film

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Cast

İzzet Günay İzzet Günay Actor · 92 years old Sıtkı Candost Tijen Par Sunay Uslu Birsen Kaplangı Saadettin Erbil Ahmet Tarık Tekçe Ahmet Tarık Tekçe Actor · died at 43 Turhan Göker Zafer Önen Zafer Önen Actor · died at 92 Feridun Çölgeçen Birsen Bengü Muammer Gözalan Muammer Gözalan Actor · died at 76 Meral Kurtuluş Gülbin Eray Yılmaz Bengü Cem Taylan

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Acemi Çapkın (The Novice Philanderer) comes from Yeşilçam's busy 1960s, when a great many films were made each year, and it sets comedy beside romantic drama. İzzet Günay in the lead, with familiar faces such as Tijen Par and Birsen Bengü around him, feels like home to anyone fond of the cinema of that era. You should not expect a great work of art from films like this; their worth lies in telling a light story with good humour. A black-and-white Saydam comedy is a sweet break for those who miss the feel of old Sunday matinees.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

That Nejat Saydam is counted among Yeşilçam's most prolific directors is worth keeping in mind here: fast production usually means solid craft but limited appetite for experiment. With Melih Sertesen's photography, Metin Bükey's music and Özdemir Arıtan's editing, the film is a working example of the period's studio system. The most interesting detail is the dubbing: Hayri Esen voicing İzzet Günay is a reminder that in Yeşilçam the actor and the voice were separate pieces of work, which makes it harder to credit a performance to one name. The registrars and nightclub figures in the cast list suggest a comedy built on mix-ups; that mould can be fun, but it promises few surprises.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The presence of a shop, accessories and decoration in the film's world is a small but telling detail: Turkish comedies of the 1960s often used the city's rising consumer culture and a new urban life lined with shop windows as their backdrop. The philandering theme also offers clues about the period's idea of masculinity and its view of marriage; registrars and a nightclub sharing one story point to the social tension between respectability and fun. Seen from today, stories of this kind can often reduce women to figures accompanying the male hero's adventures. It is best watched as a mirror of its own time.

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