Halit Refiğ
1934 - 2009Teyzem
Halit Refiğ
Müjde Ar, Yaşar Alptekin
Üftade has long been the object of men’s fury. In childhood, her stepfather constantly abused her, and later her marriage descends into vicious psychological domination. Throughout the years, her suffering is witnessed by her nephew who feels helpless to do anything about her condition.
My Aunt
Birds of Exile
Halit Refiğ
Tanju Gürsu, Özden Çelik
Tahir Agha sells all his assets when his business in Maraş deteriorates. He immigrates to Istanbul with his wife Hatice, sons Selim, Murat, Kemal and daughter Fatoş, where he sets his mind to open a repair shop. But in the metropolis, things don't go as planned.
Birds of Exile
Karılar Koğuşu
Halit Refiğ
Kadir İnanır, Hülya Koçyiğit
Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband.
Women's Ward
Şafak Bekçileri
Halit Refiğ
Ekrem Bora, Göksel Arsoy
Watchmen of the Dawn is about the lives of pilots in the Turkish air force based in the mid-Anatolian town Eskisehir. Göksel is a young pilot with Faruk as his best friend and Aydan, a female lieutenant in the air base, as his platonic love interest. After his plane crashes, Göksel takes a 15-day leave of absence and visits his parents in Istanbul.
Şafak Bekçileri
Haremde Dört Kadın
Halit Refiğ
Tanju Gürsu, Nilüfer Aydan
One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism, it tells the story of three women in Pasha's harem and a newcomer. The film was attacked by fundamentalists, who destroyed the reels during the screening at the Antalya Film Festival of 1966.
Four Women in a Harem
Şehirdeki Yabancı
Halit Refiğ
Goksel Arsoy, Göksel Arsoy
A young engineer Aydin comes back to his hometown after years of education as a mining engineer in London. Selami, the owner of a local wood company, paid for Aydin's tuition and expenses. Selami has been the employer of Aydin's father in the past and he acts like an elder brother for Aydin, offers him to stay in his house. Aydin starts to work as the chief engineer in one of the mining companies. From the first day onwards Aydin opposes the mining practices imposed by Rahmi Bey, the owner of the company. He orders to stop mining and deals with the wood sellers who sell low-quality wood used to support the thrusts in the mines.
The Stranger in Town
Bir Türk'e Gönül Verdim
Halit Refiğ
Ahmet Mekin, Eva Bender
I Lost My Heart to a Turk is the story of a German woman Eva Bender, who is deserted by a Turkish worker in Germany five years earlier and left alone with a child Zafer. Eva's father refuses his illegitimate grandson from a Turkish worker. She comes to Kayseri, Turkey with her illegitimate child to seek her lover, Ismail Acar. Ismail is now working at Sümer Cotton Cloth factory as a mechanic and establishing a small private business. Eva finds her ex-lover Ismail who now lives with his wife and children. Humiliated by her ex-lover, the German woman receives assistance by another Turkish worker, Mustafa.
I Lost My Heart to a Turk
İhtiras Fırtınası
Halit Refiğ
Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Zuhal Olcay
Recai has raised his daughter Seref like a man. She secretly attends the meetings of the patriots. Seref and her cousin Mujgan take music lessons from the journalist Feyyaz. Seref and Feyyaz fall in love but Mujgan is in love with Feyyaz as well. Feyyaz gets arrested in an assassination attempt against the Sultan.
İhtiras Fırtınası
Seviştiğimiz Günler
Halit Refiğ
Orhan Günsiray, Fatma Girik
Sevistigimiz Gunler is a typical socio-economic story of three roommate girls in their early 20s' who are hoping to find their Prince Charmings. With a lot of references to Billy Wilder romance flicks, Things go crazy and wild when they both fall in love with three men. So their lives change dramatically as they forget about the bet, and come on the edge of marriage and pregnancy. But are the men whom they fell in love with, really worth considering as Prince Charmings, or are they just cheaters slickers?
Seviştiğimiz Günler