The Broken Disk (Kırık Plak)

Turkish cinema gave the black-and-white sentimental drama Kırık Plak (The Broken Disk) to the screen in 1959. Osman F. Seden produced and directed it from a script by Bülent Oran, and it was made under the Kemal Film banner. The leads are the singer Zeki Müren and Belgin Doruk, and Müren also supplied the music, which suits a plot built around a singer's voice.

The story opens when Nermin, the patroness who made Zeki famous while using him for her shady dealings, wrecks his vocal cords out of jealousy. She is soon murdered by her husband, and the crime is blamed on Zeki. He runs, is believed dead after an accident, and in fact lives in poverty in a remote corner of Anatolia. A chance operation restores his voice; he then works with the police to catch the real killer, Asım, and returns to his beloved Leyla.

The cast also includes Belgin Doruk as Leyla, Hayri Esen as Asım, Ayfer Feray as Nermin Kaner, Ahmet Tarık Tekçe as Ruhi, Nubar Terziyan as Police Officer Ali, Ziya Metin as Sacit, Muammer Gözalan as the Boss and Behzat Balkaya as the Prosecutor. Kriton İlyadis was the cinematographer. İzzet Günay (Erol) made his screen debut here.