Hacı Murat Is Coming (Hacı Murat Geliyor) (translated)

Set amid a historical conflict, Hacı Murat Geliyor was made in 1968 as a Turkish adventure film. Natuk Baytan directed it and wrote the screenplay himself. It was shot in black and white on 16 mm and premiered on 7 October 1968 at the Lâle cinema in Istanbul. Cüneyt Arkın, Nebahat Çehre and Erol Taş play the leading roles.

When Sheikh Shamil's plan changes, the Khan at the Russian headquarters has to be told, and the task falls to Hacı Murat. He sets out through Russian territory under a false identity but gives himself away while passing the village where his mother lives. The Russian Colonel Ivan takes the letter he carries, imprisons him and steps into his place, planning to trap the Khan along with the whole headquarters. Having escaped captivity, Hacı Murat aims to wreck Ivan's scheme.

Cüneyt Arkın plays Hacı Murat and Nebahat Çehre plays Nadya. Haydar Karaer is Shamil, Kadriye Tuna is Hacı Murat's mother, Süheyl Eğriboz is Vasily and Behçet Nacar is Zorkof, with Adnan Mersinli and Necip Tekçe also in the cast. Turgut Demirağ produced and Kaya Ererez was the cinematographer. And Film made it, with Erman Film involved in the preparation. As was the practice then, Cüneyt Arkın was dubbed by Abdurrahman Palay and Erol Taş by Sami Ayanoğlu.