Atıf Yılmaz
1925 - 2006The most important movies in his filmography were: Hickirik (The Sob), Alageyik (The Fallow Deer), Suclu (The Guilty One), Seni Kaybedersem (If I Lose You), Yaban Gülü (The Wild Rose), Kesanli Ali Destani (Kesanli Ali's Epic), Tacsiz Kral (The Crownless King), Topragin Kani (Blood of the Earth), Olum Tarlasi (Death Field), Utanc (The Shame), Zavallilar (The Poor People), Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalim (My Girl with the Red Scarf), Baskin (The Raid), Adak (The Sacrifice), Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love), Adi Vasfiye (Her Name is Vasfiye), Berdel, Düs Gezginleri (Walking After Midnight), Eylül Firtinasi (After the Fall) and Mine.
He made movies that were both fluent and had mainly social messages. Most of the themes of his movies were taboo when they were produced. Particularly "Mine" and "Her Name is Vasfiye" were both revolutionary at the time of their release with themes regarding sexuality and the reaction of society.
He never gave up making movies throughout his life and even in the time when the industry stopped filmmaking due to economic reasons.
Atif Yilmaz played an important role in the professional career of notable Turkish film directors like Halit Refig, Yilmaz Güney, Serif Gören, Zeki Ökten and Ali Özgentürk.
During the Antalya Film Festival in September 2005, he was admitted to hospital with gastro-intestinal complaints. He died on 5 May 2006 in Istanbul.
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Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım
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Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır
Asya and İlyas fall head over heels in love with each other, and their great love ends in disaster. İlyas has cheated on Asya. The epic love story came to an unexpected end. After that, Asya takes their son and goes away without knowing where she is heading, until a familiar hand reaches her to help selflessly.
The Girl with the Red Scarf
Ah, Beautiful Istanbul
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Ayla Algan, Sadri Alışık
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.
Oh, Beautiful Istanbul
Aaahh Belinda
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Müjde Ar, Macit Koper
Serap is a successful theater actress. Although she rejects the traditional roles assigned to women in her personal life, she agrees to play the role of a traditional housewife in a shampoo commercial. However, she is unaware that this commercial will turn into her worst nightmare.
Aaahh Belinda
The Windmill
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Şener Şen, Serap Aksoy
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 Windmill
Kalbe Vuran Düşman
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Tamer Yiğit, Pervin Par
On a desert island, a young engineer lives like Robinson Crusoe, with his dog called Cuma. One day, a dream woman appears. They make love, but the women is afraid of something unknown. The young man is mesmerized, but by the time they confess they are in love, some strangers kidnap her.
Kalbe Vuran Düşman
Her Name Is Vasfiye
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Müjde Ar, Yılmaz Zafer
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.
Vasfiye Is Her Name
Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen
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Türkan Şoray, Oğuz Tunç
Coşkun, who grew up in an orphanage, is in love with the famous actress Derya Altınay and dreams of writing a movie script for her. He believes that he lives with two characters she played in her old movies. These characters oppose his script plan for fear of being forgotten, and an emotional battle begins to stop him.
My Dreams, My Love, and You
Gece, Melek Ve Bizim Çocuklar
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Deniz Türkali, Uzay Heparı
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.
The Night, Angel and Our Gang
