Atıf Yılmaz — Director (19)
The Poor (1975) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Zavallılar
other title: Les Misérables / Zavallılar
The semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to get out when they are released. What are Abuzer, Haci and Arap going to do when they will be out? They have no one, no jobs... Apart from Haci and Arap, everything will be the same for Abuzer, who doesn't know where to go. He will still be alone, starving on the streets of the big city.
Vasfiye Is Her Name (1985) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Adi Vasfiye
other title: Adi Vasfiye / 她叫瓦斯菲耶
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.
Fire Piece (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ateş Parçası
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Kartal Tibet / Türkan Şoray
other title: Ateş Parçası / Ates Parçasi
Azize is a singer in a tent theater. Tarik, on the other hand, is the son of a high society family, famous for his debauchery. Tarik takes Azize, who is on the road, in his car on a stormy day. Their friendship, which started with fights, soon turns into love.
A Sip of Love (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bir Yudum Sevgi
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Hale Soygazi / Kadir İnanır
other title: Bir Yudum Sevgi
Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.
The Windmill (1986) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Değirmen
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Şener Şen / Serap Aksoy
other title: Değirmen
In the last years of the Ottoman Empire, a poor little Anatolian town named Saripinar is hit by a minor earthquake which has neither destroyed nor left it with many casualties. However, a telegraph sent to the central government exaggerates the situation and mentions that the governor of the town has been severely wounded, making the event a nationwide matter.
The Night, Angel and Our Children (1994) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Derya Arbaş / Deniz Türkali
other title: Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar
Serap, who has been living in the darkest streets of Beyoglu, is a charming woman in her 20s. A beautiful woman's way of prostitution and prostitution living in the back streets of Beyoglu as a person intersects with him when a magical love begins. Hakan tries to take the pimp of Serap as a madman. The man who doesn't have the job can't do it. One day when Serap finds his lover Hakan in a scene he never thought possible, his whole life is deeply shaken. Serap will now be in a different life, running for different purposes.
Borrowed Bride (2005) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Eğreti Gelin
other title: Die Pseudo-Braut / Eğreti Gelin
Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......
Oh, Beautiful Istanbul (1966) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ah Güzel İstanbul
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Sadri Alışık / Ayla Algan
other title: Ah Güzel İstanbul
The lovely Ayşe moves from her country village to Istanbul in the hope of becoming an actress. One day she meets Haşmet, a grumpy, world-weary street photographer. He takes it upon himself to cure Ayşe of what he sees as her blind optimism, but some of it begins to rub off on the old cynic.
Mill Horse (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dolap Beygiri
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: İlyas Salman / Şener Şen
other title: Dolap Beygiri
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.
The Man Who Strikes Gold (1978) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Köşeyi Dönen Adam
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: Kemal Sunal / Meral Orhonsay
other title: Köşeyi Dönen Adam / Köseyi Dönen Adam
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.
Sugar Pie Lady (1983) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Şekerpare
director: Atıf Yılmaz actor: İlyas Salman / Şener Şen
other title: Şekerpare
In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.