Tuncel Kurtiz
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as SaidAdventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old...
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The Edge of Heaven
as Ali AksuThe lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a...
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Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep PaşaDuring the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which...
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The Mahabharata
as ShakuniOne of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production...
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Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-HoulHis name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When...
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Law of the Border
as BekirIn Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in...
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Hope
as HasanAfter losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the...
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Somersault in a Coffin
as ReisMahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in...
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Pains of Autumn
as Kamil EfendiWhen a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he...
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The Herd
as HamoBecause of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious...
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Kalabaliken i Bender
as uncreditedThe famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The...
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A cavallo della tigre
as FatihPlagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery...
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Mutlu Aile Defteri
as Yıldırım TaşyumrukChildren of a retired colonel come together after their father falls from the rooftop. This...
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Tales of Intransigence
as uncreditedThe story of rivalry between two forms of winter transport: the horse-drawn sleigh which can...
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Sawdust Tales
as FishermanSawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a...
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The Guardian Angel
as IvarA radical socialist is placed as a bodyguard with a minister for the purpose of murdering him....
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The Bus
as uncreditedA group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all...
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At Avrat Silah
as uncreditedRaised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love...
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The Wall
as Tonton AliProduced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital...
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Journey on a Clock Hand
as AgahA Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven...
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On Fertile Lands
as ZeynelThe tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
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O da Beni Seviyor
as MasalcıSummer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
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The Waterfall
as Kel SelimThe story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The...
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The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted...
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Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali ElverdiThis movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist...
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The Last Birds
as TurgutA love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final...
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The Road That Has No End
as KöylüThe film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind....
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Gräfin Sophia Hatun
as uncreditedBeing condemned to house arrest by her husband, a countess recognises her Turkish servant as a...
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In Foreign Soil
as SelfIn fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and...
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Love is Colder Than Death
as uncreditedIn the movie, the life of a singer who has problems with her husband is narrated. Belgin, who...
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Black and White
as uncreditedA painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to...
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Işıklar Sönmesin
as uncreditedThe struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography...
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I Live When I Die
as CemalDuygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice...
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The Smile of the Lamb
as HilmiThis Israeli-made film is set along the battle-torn West Bank. Military governor Makram Khouri...
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The Ugly King
as uncreditedThe story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.
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My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poemsFebruary 28 is Deniz Gezmiş's birthday… He would have been 75 years old today; but it only lived...
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Krallar Ölmez
as KomiserLoosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken...
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Hasan the Rose
as The film directorA film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The...
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Time of Vengeance
as grand-fatherOrhan, who is ten years old, comes to Vienna from a small Village in Anatolia. Armed with his...
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Die Hallo-Sisters
as SamyA run-down former radio producer persuades two quarrelsome 1950s stars to try their comeback on...
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Scene of the Crime
as Der KleineTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Magnificent Century
as Ebu Suud EfendiAt the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful...
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Ezel
as Ramiz KaraeskiÖmer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends...
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Asi
as Cemal AğaAsi is a Turkish television drama serial. The series originally aired from Jule 21, 2007 to June...
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