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Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey

Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey

Movie · 1972 · 3 people

Süreyya Duru directed and produced the 1972 Turkish historical adventure film Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey (also written Malkoçoğlu Kurtbey) for Duru Film, with a screenplay by Vedat Türkali. Released in Turkish cinemas on 1 November 1972, it is the final entry in the film series based on Ayhan Başoğlu's comic-strip hero Malkoçoğlu — and the only one in which the lead was played by an actor other than Cüneyt Arkın.

The plot begins as Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey, who has learned the location of Don Casetti's treasure in exchange for sparing his life, dies at Çaldıran. Mahmut, a henchman of Prince Murat — a pretender to the Ottoman throne — kidnaps Ali Bey's son Doğan Bey, who grows up as Don Diaz, the supposed son of Duke D'Alvarez. When Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent learns of the scheme, he sends Malkoçoğlu's other son, Kurt Bey, after Mahmut. Doğan Bey eventually discovers his true identity, and Kurt Bey delivers Prince Murat to the sultan along with Casetti's treasure — and a surprising truth.

Serdar Gökhan stars in the double role of Kurt Bey and Doğan Bey, with Perihan Savaş as Muslu's granddaughter and Hayati Hamzaoğlu as Muslu. The cast also includes Tufan Giray as Prince Murat, Tuncer Necmioğlu as Mahmut, Haldun Ergüvenç as Sultan Süleyman, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu and Nedret Güvenç.

DirectorSüreyya Duru
Production companyDuru Film

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Serdar Gökhan Serdar Gökhan Actor · 83 years old Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey / Doğan Bey Perihan Savaş Perihan Savaş Actor · 71 years old Muslu'nun Torunu Hayati Hamzaoğlu Hayati Hamzaoğlu Actor · died at 67 Muslu

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A kidnapped brother, a traitor on the run, a hidden treasure: Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey puts everything an adventure needs on the table. Serdar Gökhan playing both Kurt Bey and Doğan Bey makes things interesting, and the two brothers meeting in the same story keeps the pace lively. Of course, expecting modern choreography from seventies sword fights would be unfair. If you want an easygoing, comic-strip style adventure, it does the job.

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

Say Malkoçoğlu and Cüneyt Arkın is the face that comes to mind; this film is the one entry in the series made with another actor in his place. Serdar Gökhan carries the double role with conviction, yet habit being what it is, one keeps looking for that old face now and then. Vedat Türkali's script leans on some of Yeşilçam's best-loved veins: a lost brother, a hidden identity, the bond of family. As the last film to bid farewell to Ayhan Başoğlu's comic-strip hero, it has the bittersweet taste of a closing chapter for fans of the series.

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

The film reads Ottoman history through the comic strip rather than the textbook, and makes no secret of it. The family of Ayhan Başoğlu's fictional hero is placed on a historical stage that stretches from Chaldiran to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, joined by a prince claiming the throne and a Turkish boy raised as a European duke's son. That stage is best seen not as a history lesson but as the backdrop to a heroic legend. Even so, the film prompts thought about why such pictures spoke to audiences in the early seventies: Doğan Bey, who learns his true identity late and returns to his roots, expresses the search for belonging in the plainest terms.

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