Game Over (Oyun Bitti)

Game Over (Oyun Bitti) (translated)

Movie · 1971 · 16 people

A romantic comedy from Turkish cinema, Oyun Bitti ("Game Over") was made in 1971. Director Orhan Elmas wrote the script with Fuat Özlüer. The production belongs to Erler Film, with Türker İnanoğlu and Memduh Karakaş as producers. It reached cinemas on 1 February 1972, runs 86 minutes. The music is by Metin Bükey and the cinematography by Çetin Gürtop.

Zeynep, played by Filiz Akın, earns her living singing in a bar. An industrialist invites her to perform at his company's anniversary party, where she meets Doğan, a car mechanic played by Cüneyt Arkın, in a lift. He takes her for the daughter of the house and introduces himself as an engineer, and she does not correct him. When flowers Doğan sends end up in the hands of the industrialist Hayrullah Bey (Hulusi Kentmen), he joins the game too. The romance reaches a trip to Uludağ. Doğan's former girlfriend then learns the truth and lies to him about Zeynep. The engagement breaks and Doğan goes abroad to work. A sham marriage that Zeynep makes with Hayrullah Bey for her child's sake tangles the story. Doğan returns years later, rich, and young Ayşe's account opens the way to a resolution.

The cast also includes Deniz Erkanat, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Sami Hazinses, Cevat Kurtuluş and Mürüvvet Sim.

DirectorOrhan Elmas
Production companyErler Film

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Also in the cast: Deniz Erkanat

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

Bringing Filiz Akın and Cüneyt Arkın together in a colour romantic comedy, Oyun Bitti (Game Over) leans on one of Yeşilçam's best-loved moulds: two young people who each take the other for someone else, and the misunderstandings that follow. A bar singer heroine and Metin Bükey's music give the film a light musical air. With separation, years abroad and a return all packed into a short span, some transitions feel rushed; still, a sincere film for anyone fond of stories where love is tested by pride and lies.

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

The script's starting point is genuinely fertile: a mechanic who introduces himself as an engineer, and a singer who knows he takes her for the daughter of the house and plays along. A set-up built on mutual masks is a strong opening for a comedy of identities. The trouble is that as the story goes on it leans on coincidence, a jealous ex-girlfriend's lie and a sham marriage, and leaving the untangling to a little girl's account is a dramatically easy way out. Fitting so many events into one film leaves the characters no room to breathe, and the shifts between comedy and melodrama are not smooth. A fluent but risk-free example of the familiar Fuat Özlüer and Erler Film formula.

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

Love, misunderstandings and a few songs: an old Turkish film to watch with the grown-ups. The story involves a child being protected from growing up fatherless and a marriage of appearances, which young children may find hard to follow. A good chance to talk about what lies can cost people. Better suited to watching with teenagers and older family members.

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