

16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and the real killer? His daughter's new boyfriend. Awkward.
A cashier who served 16 years in prison for a murder and robbery he did not commit wants to find his wife and daughter after his release. However, his daughter has fallen in love with Turgut, the man who set him up, and is willing to make any sacrifice for him, even taking the blame for her mother's murder of Turgut...
Acting
Ayhan Işık's smoldering intensity carries every frame.
Direction
Erakalın's tight 86 minutes—no fat, all feelings.
Production
1966 Istanbul locations dripping with vintage atmosphere.

Director
Ülkü Erakalın
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ayhan Işık was Turkey's biggest star; this was one of his 180+ films. The man never slept.
Yeşilçam cinema recycled plots constantly—this one's DNA traces through dozens of revenge melodramas of the era.