Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.
Direction
Cem Kaya's loving, non-judgmental portrait of cinematic rule-breakers.
Practical Effects
Real stories from directors who filmed entire movies in single takes.
Director
Cem Kaya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yeşilçam studios produced over 300 films annually at peak, often shooting scenes without completed scripts.
The infamous 'Turkish Star Wars' (Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam) used unauthorized footage from the actual Star Wars, spliced with new scenes of Turkish actors punching rocks.
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