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The Chaos Class in the Military (Hababam Sınıfı Askerde)

The Chaos Class in the Military (Hababam Sınıfı Askerde)

Movie · 2005 · 14 people

Ferdi Eğilmez directed the Turkish comedy Hababam Sınıfı Askerde (The Chaos Class in the Military). The eighth film in the Hababam Sınıfı series, based on Rıfat Ilgaz's classic work, it opened in January 2005. About 1.6 million people saw it in Turkey, and it reached 400,000 more viewers in Europe on 35 prints. Fida Film produced it, Kemal Kenan Ergen wrote it, and it runs about 115 minutes.

The story picks up where the series left off with the Hababam Class pupils now well advanced in years. While their peers have long since settled into jobs, their endless mischief has become unbearable. Headmaster Deli Bedri finds his answer in sending them into the army, and one morning military police arrive at the door. The question is how far military discipline and barracks life can rein in antics that nothing else has cured. This time it is the commanders' turn to struggle, and things get more tangled because the rival battalion the gang squares up against is made up entirely of women.

Mehmet Ali Erbil plays Deli Bedri and Şafak Sezer plays Casus Ercüment, with Peker Açıkalın as Psiko.

DirectorFerdi Eğilmez
Production companyFida Film

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Halit Akçatepe Halit Akçatepe Actor · died at 78 Güdük Necmi Hülya Avşar Hülya Avşar Actor · 63 years old Zehra Mehmet Ali Erbil Mehmet Ali Erbil Actor · 69 years old Deli Bedri Memet Ali Alabora Memet Ali Alabora Actor · 48 years old Matkap Emre Kerem Alışık Kerem Alışık Actor · 66 years old Ogün Kaptanoğlu Ogün Kaptanoğlu Actor · 48 years old Peker Açıkalın Peker Açıkalın Film actor · 63 years old Psiko Şafak Sezer Şafak Sezer Actor · 56 years old Ercüment Cengiz Küçükayvaz Cengiz Küçükayvaz Actor · 58 years old Kötü Kenan Ceyhun Yılmaz Ceyhun Yılmaz Actor · 50 years old Pörtlek Melih Ekener Melih Ekener Actor · 61 years old Bebe Ruhi Tuncay Akça Tuncay Akça Actor · died at 60 Evrim Solmaz Evrim Solmaz Actor · 54 years old Female Soldier Seçkin Piriler Seçkin Piriler Model · 45 years old

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

For anyone raised on the classics, Hababam Sınıfı, born of Rıfat Ilgaz's work, stands for the affection hidden behind mischief and the warm world of the school. Hababam Sınıfı Askerde tries to carry that spirit into the barracks and drifts away from its true home. Sending the now middle-aged pupils off to the army is a fun idea, but the moral center that gave the series' early films their warmth seems to have given way to louder comedy. The rival battalion made up entirely of women also opens the door to easy jokes. Mehmet Ali Erbil's Deli Bedri and the familiar faces in the cast raise a smile now and then, but nobody should expect it to stand in for the classics.

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

By an eighth film it is hard for a series to do more than reproduce its own formula, and Hababam Sınıfı Askerde does not clear that bar. Kemal Kenan Ergen's script opens on an interesting premise: testing pupils who have aged but never grown up against military discipline. Instead of turning into a solid dramatic conflict, though, the idea scatters into a string of sketches, and a running time of about 115 minutes is too long to carry that structure. Ferdi Eğilmez's direction gives the actors room, and the comic energy of Şafak Sezer and Peker Açıkalın rescues some scenes. The all-women battalion remains material for situation comedy rather than character. About 1.6 million viewers in Turkey and 400,000 in Europe show the strength of the brand; as cinema, the series' fatigue is plain.

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

The Hababam name alone invites family viewing, and this film mostly lives up to that. The humor comes from the mischievous pupils trying to cope with military discipline; grown-ups can laugh at the familiar characters and teenagers at the pranks. Even so, some of the jokes around the all-women battalion may not suit small children, so it's better with an adult in the room. At about 115 minutes it may also feel long for little ones.

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