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Knife Edge (Bıçak Sırtı)

Knife Edge (Bıçak Sırtı) (translated)

TV Series · 2007–2008 · 19 people

TMC produced Bıçak Sırtı, a Turkish television drama broadcast on Kanal D during the 2007-2008 season. The first episode aired on September 10, 2007; although it had been planned as a single-season show, it ended with its thirtieth episode on April 28, 2008.

The leading roles were shared by Nejat İşler, Melisa Sözen, Fikret Kuşkan, Vildan Atasever, Mehmet Günsür, Mahir Günşıray and Erkan Can, with a wider cast including Ayça Bingöl, Canan Ergüder, İpek Bilgin, Nihal Koldaş, Özlem Conker, Atılgan Gümüş, Fatma Toptaş, Gamze Karaduman and the child actor Batuhan Karacakaya. The series drew considerable praise in the press as it went on, and Melisa Sözen won Best Actress in a Television Series at the 3rd İsmail Dümbüllü Awards.

Müslüm Gürses's song "Oğlum", used in the opening two episodes, returned to public attention through the show. When rumors spread that the series would be taken off the air, viewers and television columnists protested loudly. Bıçak Sırtı also traveled abroad: dubbed into Syrian-dialect Arabic, it was shown on MBC 4 from 2009 as "Hadd al-Sikkin" ("Knife's Edge"), and it reached Bulgarian audiences under the title "Zlatnata kletka".

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Atılgan Gümüş Atılgan Gümüş Actor · 50 years old Ayça Bingöl Ayça Bingöl Actor · 51 years old Batuhan Karacakaya Batuhan Karacakaya Actor · 29 years old Canan Ergüder Canan Ergüder Actor · 49 years old Fatma Toptaş Fatma Toptaş Actor · 43 years old Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan Actor · 61 years old Gamze Karaduman Gamze Karaduman Actor · 39 years old Mahir Günşiray Mahir Günşiray Actor · 66 years old Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür Actor · 51 years old Nejat İşler Nejat İşler Actor · 54 years old Nihal Koldaş Nihal Koldaş Actor · 70 years old Vildan Atasever Vildan Atasever Actor · 45 years old İpek Bilgin İpek Bilgin Actor · 70 years old Levend Yılmaz Levend Yılmaz Actor · 77 years old Melisa Sözen Melisa Sözen Actor · 41 years old Erkan Can Erkan Can Actor · 68 years old Özlem Conker Özlem Conker Actor · 53 years old Can Kolukısa Can Kolukısa Actor · died at 92 Ece Yüksel Ece Yüksel Actor · 29 years old

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Bıçak Sırtı is one of those series that starts and finishes in thirty episodes without dragging itself out. Having been planned as a single season gives the story a tidy frame, and that works in its favor today. The cast is genuinely strong: Nejat İşler, Melisa Sözen, Fikret Kuşkan, Mehmet Günsür and Erkan Can on the same screen. It is not hard to believe Melisa Sözen earned her award. The loud protests from viewers and columnists at the rumor of cancellation also say a lot about how strong the bond was. That said, the pacing of late-2000s television can feel heavy in places if you are used to today's brisk editing.

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

Seeing Müslüm Gürses's song “Oğlum” find its way back into people's hearts through a television series is one more reminder of what music can add to a story. For anyone who prizes good acting, Bıçak Sırtı is a generous table: seasoned names like Fikret Kuşkan, Mahir Günşıray and Nihal Koldaş share it with the talents of a younger generation. The way both viewers and columnists objected when cancellation was rumored recalls the loyal audience spirit of older days. And it warms the heart that the story traveled as far as Arab and Bulgarian audiences.

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

The value of Bıçak Sırtı lies in showing that an actor-driven television drama was still possible in the late 2000s. Pairing Nejat İşler and Melisa Sözen with strong character actors such as Erkan Can, Fikret Kuşkan and Mahir Günşıray is a bold and well-judged piece of casting. The way the press warmed to it as it went on suggests a show that proved itself episode by episode. Using Müslüm Gürses's “Oğlum” in the first two episodes is also a smart musical decision that sets the tone from the start. On the other hand, the usual looseness of the weekly series format is present here too; to an eye trained on cinema, even a thirty-episode story has stretches where the editing could have been tighter.

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