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Gönülden Yaralılar

Wounded Hearts (Gönülden Yaralılar) (translated)

Movie · 1973 · 3 people

Released on 1 April 1973, Gönülden Yaralılar ("Wounded Hearts") is a Yeşilçam film. Memduh Ün directed this blend of drama, crime story and romance and produced it with Kadri Yurdatap for Uğur Film. The screenplay is by Duygu Sağıroğlu. Shot in colour, the film runs 89 minutes. The music is by the French composer Francis Lai and the cinematography by Cahit Engin.

The film tells of a man whose life is overturned by a robbery. Murat Keskin (Cüneyt Arkın) works as a manager at a company. A gang led by Kenan (Erden Alkan) decides to rob the firm, and one of its members, Gönül Sunar (Seyyal Taner), starts getting close to Murat. The gang takes the safe key from Murat and robs the safe; the blame falls on him and he is sent to prison. But after his release, Murat faces yet another problem. Murat's wife Zeynep is played by Fatma Girik.

The cast also includes Sema Tamer (Selma), Mehmet Büyükgüngör (Garip Baba), Cemil Can Bıçakçı (Orhan), Sabahat Işık (Zeynep's wet nurse), Aynur Aydan, Muammer Gözalan and Atıf Kaptan as the prosecutor. Roles in the cast list such as the prosecutor, court members, a guard and a cell boss suggest that part of the story takes place in court and in prison.

DirectorMemduh Ün
Production companyUğur Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Fatma Girik Fatma Girik Actor · died at 79 Seyyal Taner Seyyal Taner Actor · 74 years old

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

When Cüneyt Arkın and Fatma Girik share the screen, you feel that full-hearted seventies emotion at once. Gönülden Yaralılar tells the story of a man wrongly accused with Yeşilçam's familiar blend of melodrama and crime. The film's loveliest surprise is that the music is by Francis Lai, which gives a local drama a European kind of sadness. Seyyal Taner's Gönül brings a colour of her own to the story. The formula is familiar and the course of events may be predictable, but in Memduh Ün's hands that familiarity feels less like a flaw than a warm reunion.

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

A robbery, a husband sent to prison for something he didn't do, and the criminal world: the story is aimed at adults. There are court and prison scenes, and it shows a gang's schemes. It is not for small children; teenagers can watch it with grown-ups. Grandparents who love old films may have a nice evening, but heavy emotion, not humour, takes the lead.

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

A robbery, a betrayal and a hero jailed for something he didn't do: all the ingredients of a good crime film are here. The safe-robbery plan and the new trouble waiting after prison spark curiosity. But the film leans more on emotional drama than on crime, and the tense moments get lost among the tearful scenes. At 89 minutes it is short, yet anyone expecting fast-paced action from Cüneyt Arkın may be a little let down.

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