Paternity (Babalık) (translated)

Melih Gülgen directed Babalık (Paternity), a 1974 Turkish drama and adventure film that moves through prison, revenge and murder. The screenplay is by Nurettin Erişen and Vural Pakel. Gülgen produced it himself under his Gülgen Film banner; it was shot in colour, runs 73 minutes and opened on 1 February 1974. Metin Bükey wrote the music and Mustafa Yılmaz was the cinematographer.

The story concerns a man who is set up. Murat, played by Cüneyt Arkın, is a hospital ambulance driver whose wages cannot keep his family. The lawyer Turhan (Turgut Özatay) proposes a robbery together, and Murat agrees out of need. The heist goes ahead, but Turhan breaks his word: he kills everyone else and escapes with the money. Badly wounded, Murat is caught by the police and jailed. Learning that Murat survived, Turhan wants to stop him speaking in court, kills his wife and takes his son Erkan in to raise as his own man. Years later he tries to use Erkan to get rid of Murat.

Aytaç Arman plays the grown Erkan and Levent Doğan the young one. Deniz Erkanat (Zeynep), Yeşim Yükselen (Turhan's mistress), Yaşar Güçlü (Turhan's man) and Kadir Kök (Nuri) are among the other cast members. The Turkish dubbing was done at Yeni Stüdyo.