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Murat of Tophane (Tophaneli Murat)

Murat of Tophane (Tophaneli Murat) (translated)

Movie · 1972 · 13 people

The colour Turkish adventure film Tophaneli Murat (Murat of Tophane) was made in 1972. Çetin İnanç and Sırrı Gültekin co-directed it, and İnanç wrote the screenplay with Nuri Kırgeç. Mehmet Karahafız and Hasan Çakır produced it as a joint venture of Osmanlı Film, Dirlik Film and Lamek Film, and it reached cinemas on 1 September 1973. The cinematography was shared by Sertaç Karan and Özdemir Öğüt.

Kadir İnanır takes the title role of Murat. Muazzez Kurdoğlu plays his mother Fatma and Ali Demir his father Bekir. Piraye Uzun is Gül, Turgut Özatay is Rüstem, Erden Alkan is Fehmi, Nuri Kırgeç is Remzi, Türker Tekin is İsmail and Adnan Mersinli is Tahsin, with Yeşim Yükselen as Tahsin's girlfriend. Further parts include a prosecutor (Yılmaz Gruda), a police commissioner (Haydar Karaer), the grocer Niyazi (Mehmet Ali Güngör), a night watchman (Rıza Genç) and a factory manager (Zeki Sezer).

As was common in Yeşilçam at the time, a number of the actors were dubbed: Abdurrahman Palay voiced Kadir İnanır, Pekcan Koşar voiced Turgut Özatay, Timuçin Caymaz voiced Türker Tekin, Ünal Gürel voiced Nuri Kırgeç, Rıza Tüzün voiced Haydar Karaer and Doğan Bavli voiced Adnan Mersinli.

DirectorÇetin İnanç
Production companyOsmanlı Film, Dirlik Film, Lamek Film

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Kadir İnanır Kadir İnanır Film actor · died at 77 Murat Piraye Uzun Turgut Özatay Turgut Özatay Actor · died at 74 Rüstem Erden Alkan Erden Alkan Actor · 85 years old Fehmi Adnan Mersinli Ali Demir Cango Kemal Sönmez Yıkılmaz Yeşim Yükselen Türker Tekin Muazzez Kurdoğlu Yılmaz Gruda Yılmaz Gruda Actor · died at 93 Zeki Sezer Zeki Sezer Actor · died at 77

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

Seeing Kadir İnanır as the hero who gives the film its name, in an early-seventies Yeşilçam adventure shot in colour, is a draw in itself for anyone who loves the cinema of those years. Familiar faces like Piraye Uzun and Turgut Özatay, and a cast built around a mother, a father, a grocer and a night watchman, recall that warm neighbourhood world. That Abdurrahman Palay voiced Kadir İnanır may seem a little odd today; yet the dubbing tradition of the period was part of the texture that made those films their own. Perhaps not a great classic, but a valuable window for anyone who wants to see everyday Yeşilçam.

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

Tophaneli Murat is an instructive example for reading Yeşilçam's production conditions. Two directors, two cinematographers and a partnership of three production companies clearly reflect the period's fast, shared way of making films. My main reservation concerns dubbing: having a large share of the cast, the lead included, speak with other people's voices makes it hard to judge the acting as a whole; that split between face and voice hands half of each performance to another artist. It was standard practice then, but seen today it is fairer to treat the film as a genre product rather than an actor's cinema. Nuri Kırgeç being both co-writer and actor also shows how small and close-knit the team was.

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

An interesting stop for genre fans curious about Turkish adventure films of the seventies. With a prosecutor and a police commissioner in the cast, you can guess the story crosses paths with the law at some point. But for anyone used to today's pace, the period's shooting and dubbing style may feel slow and dated. Don't expect a modern action film in terms of pace and staging; it is more fun watched as a period piece.

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