Murat is a mafia boss. Commissioner Şahin, newly appointed to Beyoğlu, is after Murat. Murat asks his pregnant wife Nilgün for help with a smuggling job. However, during the job, Nilgün gives birth to a baby boy but dies herself. Before being arrested, Murat entrusts his son Deniz to Şahin. However, Şahin's enemies do not leave Deniz alone.
Direction
Atıf Yılmaz crams operatic tragedy into 88 brutal minutes.
Cinematography
Beyoğlu streets as character — neon, rain, and moral rot.
Acting
Cüneyt Arkın's physicality carries impossible emotional weight.
Director
Atıf Yılmaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Atıf Yılmaz was Turkey's most prolific auteur, directing over 100 films while smuggling radical social commentary into mainstream genre pictures.
Cüneyt Arkın performed his own stunts throughout the 70s — the man was literally a doctor who became Turkey's biggest action star through sheer chaotic commitment.
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