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The Nameless Knight (Adsız Cengaver)

The Nameless Knight (Adsız Cengaver)

Movie · 1970 · 8 people

Adsız Cengaver (in full Adsız Cengaver ve Sultan Gelin; The Nameless Knight) is a 1970 Turkish-Iranian co-production, an adventure that mixes historical, fantasy and epic elements. Halit Refiğ directed and wrote it. It was shot in Iran, and a Persian version, Farzand-e Shamshir, directed by Hassan Sasanpour, was made at the same time. The story draws on several myths and tales, notably the legend of Moses and the Thousand and One Nights. The film runs 83 minutes.

The action takes place in Bukhara. A young hero known to everyone as the Nameless Knight fights an unjust emir who oppresses the people. The unjust vizier learns that, by divine punishment, he will be killed by his unborn son and orders the baby to be put to death at birth. The child survives, set adrift on a river in a basket,, and grown, he sets out to fight his father. A giant, a magic lamp and a tulip garden belong to its fairy-tale world.

Cüneyt Arkın plays the nameless hero, Nebahat Çehre plays Altınay and Pouri Banai plays Gülnaz; Altan Günbay is Cabbar, Birsen Ayda is Ebrise, Homayun plays Köse and Milton Reid plays the giant. Hürrem Erman produced, and İlhan Arakon was the cinematographer.

DirectorHalit Refiğ
Production companyErman Film
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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Adsız Humayun Tebrizyan Homayun Actor · died at 88 Köse Hümeyra Hümeyra Actor · 79 years old Nebahat Çehre Nebahat Çehre Film actor · 82 years old Altınay Pouri Banayi Pouri Banai Actor · 86 years old Gülnaz Milton Reid Actor · 1917 – 1987 Dev Celal Yonat Celal Yonat Actor · 1922 – 1993 Cabbar's vizier Nubar Terziyan Actor · died at 84

Also in the cast: Altan Günbay (Cabbar), Birsen Ayda (Ebrise)

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

Adsız Cengaver comes from that colorful era when Yeşilçam boiled fairy tale and history in the same pot. A nameless hero standing up to tyranny in Bukhara, a giant, a magic lamp, a tulip garden: the air of the Arabian Nights carries the flavor of classic storybooks. Nebahat Çehre opposite Cüneyt Arkın lends the film a grace of its own. It is also intriguing to see a director of Halit Refiğ's standing try his hand at this genre. Drawing on so many sources sometimes makes the story feel scattered, yet the struggle of good against evil still touches the heart.

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

A tyrant, a baby set adrift on a river who survives, and a hero who grows up and rises against him: a classic skeleton, but one that works. On one side Cüneyt Arkın, opposite him Milton Reid as the Giant. With so many fairy-tale elements squeezed into 83 minutes, though, some transitions feel rushed. Not for anyone after hard-hitting, realistic action, but fine if you want a fun adventure.

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

Written and directed by Halit Refiğ, the film builds a hybrid structure that joins the motif of the baby set adrift on a river, from the story of Moses, with the fantastic world of the Arabian Nights. That it was shot in Iran, with a Persian version directed by Hassan Sasanpour prepared at the same time, is an interesting example of the co-production practice of the period. But the effort to fit so many myths and tales into 83 minutes breaks the script into episodes; elements like the giant, the magic lamp and the coal pit seem lined up one after another rather than woven organically into the story. İlhan Arakon's cinematography is an important support in carrying the fairy-tale mood. The film is best read as a genre experiment within Refiğ's work.

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