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Babacan

Fatherly (Babacan) (translated)

Movie · 1975 · 3 people

Natuk Baytan directed Babacan, a Turkish film from 1975. Combining crime-detective, adventure and action elements, it is in colour and runs about 85 minutes. Its subject is a police officer who fights the mafia at the risk of his life, and it pairs Cüneyt Arkın with Müjde Ar in the leads.

Şahin (Cüneyt Arkın) is a successful police officer. Three years earlier, during an operation, he caused the ballerina Ebru (Müjde Ar) to be injured, and since then he has sworn off carrying a gun. He spends the time left after work helping Ebru regain her health. Şahin lives apart from his wife and has a son. After years of pursuit he has put the drug smuggler Tufan (Tamer Balcı) in prison, but Tufan is hatching a different plan for revenge. The cast also includes Yavuz Selekman (Abbas), Selçuk Özer (Metin), Asuman Arsan, Aynur Aydan (Zehra), Baki Tamer (the police chief) and Osman Alyanak (Uncle Hidayet).

The screenplay is by Erdoğan Tünaş and the producer is Murat Köseoğlu, with Acar Film as the production company. Melih Sertesen is the cinematographer.

DirectorNatuk Baytan
Production companyAcar Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Şahin Müjde Ar Müjde Ar Actor · 72 years old Ebru Yavuz Selekman Yavuz Selekman Actor · died at 67 Abbas

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

Cüneyt Arkın as a cop, the mafia on the other side and a jailed drug smuggler plotting his revenge: on paper it's a textbook action setup. The detail that really hooks me is that Şahin has sworn off carrying a gun. That vow ties the hero's hands from the start and makes every threat feel riskier. At about 85 minutes it's short enough to keep moving, though Ebru's recovery storyline may hit the brakes now and then.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

With a story about the mafia, drugs and revenge, I wouldn't put this on for young children. In a crime-action film you should expect guns and fights. Still, there's a lovely feeling at its heart: Şahin devotes himself to helping Ebru, whose injury he caused, get well. That message of responsibility and conscience is worth something for older kids. Teenagers can comfortably watch it with the grown-ups.

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

Seeing Cüneyt Arkın and Müjde Ar in the same film is like opening a window onto Yeşilçam's colour years. What sets Babacan apart from an ordinary police story is its hero's conscience: Şahin has put down his gun and is trying to repay a ballerina he injured without meaning to. That blend of duty and personal remorse recalls the moral weight of the era's better melodramas. Erdoğan Tünaş's script gives the action a heart worth caring about, and the estranged wife and young son make the hero more human.

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