Malkoçoğlu Black Pirate (Malkoçoğlu Kara Korsan) (translated)

Malkoçoğlu Kara Korsan (Malkoçoğlu Black Pirate) is a 1968 Turkish historical adventure in the swashbuckler tradition. It belongs to the film series about the folk hero Malkoçoğlu, played by Cüneyt Arkın, and was co-directed by Süreyya Duru and Remzi Jöntürk. Shot in black-and-white 35 mm, its story brings together pirates, knights, captives, a dungeon and the Inquisition.

Cüneyt Arkın plays Malkoçoğlu. Nebahat Çehre appears as Princess Dominic Elena, Tanju Gürsu as Prince Lucio and Birsen Ayda as Anna de Cordoba, with Kayhan Yıldızoğlu as the priest and Behçet Nacar as Anna de Cordoba's devoted follower. The wider cast includes Ferhan Tanseli, Sevgi Can, Nuri Candaş, Leman Öztürk, Necip Tekçe, Bahri Özkan, Kamer Sadık, Arap Celal, Lütfü Engin, Hasan Yıldız, İhsan Gedik and Nermin Özses. Jöntürk is both a director and one of the cast.

Duru and Bülent Oran wrote the screenplay, and Ayhan Başoğlu is credited for the underlying work. Naci Duru produced for Duru Film. Ali Yaver was director of photography, Adrine Muradyan edited and Jöntürk served as art director. In the dubbed soundtrack Toron Karacaoğlu voices Cüneyt Arkın, Fuat İşhan voices Tanju Gürsu, Handan Kadıoğlu voices Birsen Ayda and Erdoğan Esenboğa voices Kayhan Yıldızoğlu.