Hakanlar Çarpışıyor (1977)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Aytekin Akkaya, Hüseyin Peyda, Turgut Özatay, Hikmet Taşdemir, Reha Yurdakul, Levent Çakır, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Arseven Gümüş, Süheyl Eğriboz, Mehmet Uğur, Necdet Kökeş, Cemal Konca, Muzaffer Cıvan, Niyazi Er, Yılmaz Kurt, Kadir Kök, Hakkı Kıvanç, Ahmet Sert, Doğan Tamer, Hamit Haskabal, Asım Par, Esen Günay, Abdurrahman Palay, Dinçer Çekmez, Erhan Yazıcıoğlu, Ersan Uysal and Gülen Kıpçak. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sultan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Hacı Murat Geliyor (1968)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Nebahat Çehre, Erol Taş, Behçet Nacar, Adnan Mersinli, Necip Tekçe, Süheyl Eğriboz, Kadriye Tuna, Hasan Demirtaş and Haydar Karaer. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Kalkavan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Babaların Babası (1975)

Action/comedy/romance/little-bit-of-everything. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Filiz Akın, Cemil Şahbaz, Erol Taş, Yaşar Yağmur, Yavuz Selekman, Celen Tandoğan, Semih Sezerli, Turgut Özatay, Ekrem Gökkaya, İhsan Gedik, Kadir Kök, Günay Güner, İbrahim Kurt, Muammer Gözalan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, Müşerref Çapın, Kudret Karadağ, Gülden Pelit, Cihan Alp, Muzaffer Cıvan, Cevdet Balıkçı, İbrahim Uğurlu, Yılmaz Kurt, Giray Alpan, Süha Doğan, Zeki Sezer and Aydın Haberdar. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Destan Video. Fullscreen. [Copied cover]

Rating: ••••

Yalnız Adam (1974)

Crime. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Semra Özdamar, Erol Taş, Turgut Boralı, Şükriye Atav, Ceyhan Cem, Altan Günbay, İbrahim Kurt and Sönmez Yıkılmaz. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Minareci Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Short excerpt:

Üç Kağıtçılar (1975)

a.k.a. 3 Superboys Strike Again, Che carambole... ragazzi, La grande chataigne, Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg nach Istanbul...

Action comedy. Turkey/Italy/Germany. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Robert Widmark, Rıza Farezi, Hulusi Kentmen, Elif Pektaş, Aynur Akarsu, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Turgut Boralı, Perihan Ateş, Franka Gonella, Osman Alyanak, Renan Fosforoğlu, İhsan Gedik, Tarık Şimşek, Yalçın Otağ, Saadet Gürses, Aydın Haberdar, Yusuf Çetin and Gülten Kaya. Directed by Ernst Hofbauer & Natuk Baytan.

Sanver-Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Üç Kağıtçılar (1975)

a.k.a. 3 Superboys Strike Again, Che carambole... ragazzi, La grande chataigne, Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg nach Istanbul...

Action comedy. Turkey/Italy/Germany. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Robert Widmark, Rıza Farezi, Hulusi Kentmen, Elif Pektaş, Aynur Akarsu, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Turgut Boralı, Perihan Ateş, Franka Gonella, Osman Alyanak, Renan Fosforoğlu, İhsan Gedik, Tarık Şimşek, Yalçın Otağ, Saadet Gürses, Aydın Haberdar, Yusuf Çetin and Gülten Kaya. Directed by Ernst Hofbauer & Natuk Baytan.

Gloria Video. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

İki Esir (1971)

Peplum. Turkey/Iran. Starring Filiz Akın, Kuzey Vargın, Hülya Babuş, Humayun Tebrizyan, Atilla Ergün, Hasan Ceylan, Necip Tekçe, Süheyl Eğriboz, Arap Celal, Necdet Tosun, Ömer Şemsit, İhsan Gedik, Adnan Mersinli, Kudret Karadağ, Yaşar Güçlü, Remziye Fırtına and Günay Güner. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Nart Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Original poster:

Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı (1976)

a.k.a. Karamurat, Karamurat la belva dell'Anatolia, The Magic Man

Adventure. Turkey/Italy. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Daniella Giordano, Serçin Erdem, Yavuz Selekman, Hüseyin Alp, Kadir Savun, Turgut Özatay, Atilla Ergün, Bora Ayanoğlu, Oktar Durukan, Pasquale Basıle, İhsan Gedik, Kudret Karadağ, Süheyl Eğriboz, Masist Gül, Arap Celal, İbrahim Kurt, Yusuf Sezer and Yıldırım Gencer. Directed by Natuk Baytan and Ernst Hofbauer.

Eagle 6. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

Battal Gazi'nin Oğlu (1974)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Zerrin Arbaş, Bilal İnci, Yavuz Selekman, Hikmet Taşdemir, Nazan Adalı, Nevin Nuray, Mine Sun, Süheyl Eğriboz, Necdet Kökeş and İhsan Gedik. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sultan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Battal Gazi Geliyor (1973)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Reha Yurdakul, Birsen Ayda, Zuhal Aktan, Kazım Kartal, Doğan Tamer, Atıf Kaptan, Süheyl Eğriboz, Yaşar Güçlü, Sönmez Yıkılmaz, İbrahim Kurt and Kadir Kök. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Ercan Film. Fullscreen.

Rating: •••••

Watch a short excerpt (shitty transfer, the quality of the actual tape is excellent):

Battal Gazi'nin İntikamı (1972)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Meral Zeren, Bilal İnci, Reha Yurdakul, Sertan Acar, Atıf Kaptan, Nevin Nuray, İhsan Gedik, Necdet Kökeş, İbrahim Kurt and Yusuf Sezer. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sultan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••

Lion Man (1975)

a.k.a. Kılıç Aslan

One of my favourite movies of all time. As Lars Jacobsson puts it: nothing you hear or read will prepare you for the wonder that is Lionman! Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Yıldırım Gencer, Cemil Şahbaz, Reha Yurdakul, Anuşka, Tarık Şimşek, Ekrem Gökkaya, Necdet Kökeş, Aynur Aydan, Yusuf Sezer, İhsan Gedik, Aydın Haberdar, Osman Han, Mehmet Uğur, Hasan Ceylan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Yılmaz Kurt. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Miracle Video. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

Lion Man (1975)

a.k.a. Kılıç Aslan

One of my favourite movies of all time. As Lars Jacobsson puts it: nothing you hear or read will prepare you for the wonder that is Lionman! Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, Bahar Erdeniz, Yıldırım Gencer, Cemil Şahbaz, Reha Yurdakul, Anuşka, Tarık Şimşek, Ekrem Gökkaya, Necdet Kökeş, Aynur Aydan, Yusuf Sezer, İhsan Gedik, Aydın Haberdar, Osman Han, Mehmet Uğur, Hasan Ceylan, Sönmez Yıkılmaz and Yılmaz Kurt. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Video 49. Letterboxed.

Rating: •••••

Three short excerpts below.

Zaloğlu Rüstem (1973)

Sword and sandal. Turkey. Starring Yıldıray Çınar, Meral Orhonsay, Adnan Mersinli, Tarık Şimşek, Süheyl Eğriboz, Reha Yurdakul, Renan Fosforoğlu, Mualla Omay and Faruk Panter. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Birtan Video. Fullscreen.

Rating: ••••