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Ölüm Görevi

Death Mission (Ölüm Görevi) (translated)

Movie · 1978 · 5 people

Ölüm Görevi ("Death Mission") is a 1978 Turkish adventure-drama. Safa Önal wrote the screenplay and Cüneyt Arkın both directed the film and took the lead, so he stands on both sides of the camera. Berker İnanoğlu produced it for Sezer Film, and the 74-minute picture opened in Turkish cinemas on 1 September 1978.

Arkın plays Şahin, opposite Perihan Savaş as Lale, Eşref Kolçak as Haşmet, Turgut Özatay as Denisos and Firuz as Turgut. The large supporting cast includes Nubar Terziyan as the police chief, Atilla Ergün as Şükrü, Süheyl Eğriboz as Sarı Haydar, Ercan Yazgan as Cevat, Ekrem Dümer as the police commissioner and Memduh Ünsal as the doctor. Haşmet's and Denisos's henchmen, policemen, Şahin's brother and a tavern crowd fill out the world of the film.

Kenan Kurt was the cinematographer. In keeping with Yeşilçam practice of the time, the film was post-dubbed: Toron Karacaoğlu voiced Arkın, Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voiced Savaş, Muhip Arcıman voiced Kolçak, Levent Dönmez voiced Özatay and Sadettin Erbil voiced Firuz. Kunt Film is credited for the dubbing and film preparation. The film stands among the productions Arkın both directed and starred in.

DirectorCüneyt Arkın
Production companySezer Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Şahin Perihan Savaş Perihan Savaş Actor · 71 years old Lale Eşref Kolçak Eşref Kolçak Actor · died at 92 Haşmet Turgut Özatay Turgut Özatay Actor · died at 74 Denisos Firuz Actor · 1942 – 2012 Turgut

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

Cüneyt Arkın both behind and in front of the camera, and the whole thing runs just 74 minutes. Even the keywords attached to it, police, bomb, tavern, promise a story that keeps moving. A world crowded with Haşmet's and Denisos's henchmen means plenty of opponents for Arkın's Şahin. A running time that short hardly leaves room for long speeches, so this is a good pick if you want a brief, packed period adventure.

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

That familiar late-seventies texture: Cüneyt Arkın, Perihan Savaş opposite him, and seasoned faces such as Eşref Kolçak, Turgut Özatay and Nubar Terziyan around them. Simply seeing these names together warms the heart. Because the film was post-dubbed, Arkın speaks here in Toron Karacaoğlu's voice; it may feel strange to today's viewers, but that dubbing tradition is one of the most familiar sounds of Yeşilçam. I won't overstate the depth of Safa Önal's story; like many adventure films of its day, it leans on its star's charisma. Even so, that charisma still works.

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

Ölüm Görevi is an interesting case as one of the films Cüneyt Arkın both directed and starred in. A star building his own image with his own camera usually means the narrative is shaped around the hero, and the large supporting cast around Şahin very likely serves that centre. The 74-minute running time promises economical storytelling, yet it is hard to give such a wide cast any depth in so little time. Kenan Kurt's photography and Kunt Film's dubbing work read like records of the period's fast production conditions. Post-dubbing also makes the acting harder to judge: Arkın's performance cannot be separated from Toron Karacaoğlu's voice. A period specimen for genre enthusiasts; in terms of film language, an unambitious piece of work.

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