Football (Futboliye) (translated)

Osman F. Seden both wrote and directed Futboliye, a 1983 Turkish comedy, setting the action between the transfer scramble of football clubs and the volleyball court. Shot in colour on 35 mm, the film runs about eighty minutes; it was made by Mine Film, with Fono Film credited for preparation. Kadri Yurdatap and Fikret Ertuğrul produced and Kaya Ererez was the cinematographer.

The story starts with a mix-up: when Hüsnoviç, a footballer expected from Yugoslavia, turns up drunk, the tea-seller Hüsnü is passed off as him. This gives Hüsnü a chance to prove himself to Bahar, the volleyball player he loves, but things get tangled once the drunken Hüsnoviç shows up. Aydemir Akbaş plays Hüsnü and Bahar Öztan plays Bahar. Tuncer Sevi is the real Hüsnoviç, Bülent Kayabaş is the match-fixer Rıfat, Ali Şen is Veli Şan and Hüseyin Kutman is Halil. Eray Özbal plays Nihat, Yadigar Ejder the club coach and Selahattin Fırat the Yugoslav manager.

The singer İbrahim Tatlıses appears as himself in a guest role, and Seden also turns up on screen in a part named Osman. Several young actresses play the volleyball girls, adding to the light, comic air the film brings to the world of sport.