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King of the Doormen
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Wikipedia article
'King of the Doormen', , is a 1976 Turkish comedy film featuring Kemal Sunal, Sevda Ferda, Bilge Zobu and evket Altu, produced by Arif and Abdurrahman Keskiner and, directed by Zeki kten. The movie is the third collaboration of kten and Sunal, following 'Hanzo' and 'akn Damat', both shot in 1975. Kapclar Kral is considered as one of the most memorable motion pictures of the career of Kemal Sunal. Along with pler Kral another movie of Sunal also directed by Zeki kten, Kapclar Kral is also featured in the book '100 Yln 100 Trk Filmi', written by Atilla Dorsay, Turkish film critic.
The movie is decorated major local success, winning best director and best actor awards at 1977 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, in which it was also runner-up of best motion picture after 'Kara arafl Gelin' of director and producer Sreyya Duru. Thus, Kemal Sunal became the first comedy-genre actor ever to win the award. Movie is also inducted at '100 Yl 100 Film', a publicly voted list that is gathering 100 best motion pictures of Turkish cinema, in honour of its centenary, published by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, in 2014. The movie is ranked 36th out of 100 movies in total, after an online-voted pool of 367,620 voters.
Cast
* Kemal Sunal as SeyitMain character is credited as 'Seyyit' at IMDb movie profile page, as well as in Milliyet newspaper's release on 22 November 1984, p.4 within section named 'Video Dnyasndan Setiklerimiz' [Our Choices From World of Video(s)]. the Housekeeper
* Bilge Zobu as Zafer, succeeding building administrator, retired colonel
* zcan zgr as Mahir the forger
* Sevda Ferda as partner of Mahir the forger, acting like his wife
* evket Altu as drunkard building resident
* Sevil stekin as Hacer, wife of Seyit
* Can Koluksa as Fehmi, predecessor building administrator
* Gner Smer as Nuri, car dealer, building resident
* Feridun lgeen as beyit Baba, broker, building resident
* Yksel Gzen as Mithat the Manager, building resident
* Ekrem Dmer as Doctor, building resident
* Hikmet Gl as Makbule, talebearer building resident
* Gler kten as Fehmi's wife, building resident
* Mete Sezer as Ferit the civil servant, building resident
Music
The tracks, "'Dmbll'" and "'Hdeyda'", used in varied scenes of the movie are composed by Arif Sa, Turkish folkloric music singer and virtuoso, and arranged by Zafer Dilek. Two tracks are first released in 'Altn Balama', a 7" vinyl at 45 RPM single format by record label Trkola, in 1975. 'Dmbll' is used as the intro, whereas 'Hdeyda' is used Kemal Sunal and Sevda Ferda are romantically involved while Ferda was deceiving Sunal to glom the apartment keys of 'veyit Baba', the rich broker living downstairs.
Distribution
Released on 1 May 1977, the movie came out in varied theatres, including zlem Sinemas, Saray Sinemas and an Sinemas in Beyolu district, Bulvar Sinemas, Hakan Sinemas, stanbul Sinemas in other European side of Istanbul, and, Atlantik Sinemas and Reks Sinemas in Kadky district, Asian side of Istanbul.
Reception
Kapclar Kral is one of the all-time most favourite comedy movies of Turkey, holding the record of most aired local movie at national TV stations of Turkey in 2005, with total of 16 broadcasts.
Awards
1977 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
* Won Best Director Zeki kten
* Won Best Actor Kemal Sunal
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