Five Rascals (Beş Hergele)

Five Rascals (Beş Hergele) (translated)

Movie · 1971 · 6 people

Made in black and white, the Turkish adventure film Beş Hergele (Five Rascals) dates from 1971. Yılmaz Atadeniz directed it and co-wrote the screenplay with Zihni Çetiner. İrfan Atasoy, who also stars, produced it under the İrfan Film name. It sits in the action-adventure line of Yeşilçam cinema.

İrfan Atasoy plays Aygün, Tamer Yiğit is Hergele Çeto, Erol Taş is Vefa'lı Arap İsmail and Behçet Nacar is Kobra Ahmet. Safiye Yankı appears as Sarı Kanarya, Tijen Doray as Kobra's girlfriend, Süheyl Eğriboz as the commander, Çetin Başaran as Tarzan and Kudret Karadağ as one of Kobra's men. Yaşar Güçlü plays Osman and Cango Kemal plays Beleş Osman, while Orhan Çoban, Mustafa Yavuz and Erdoğan Seren take the roles of the man at the bar, a soldier and a fedai. Yılmaz Türkoğlu, Yılmaz Kurt, Kenan Karagöz, Mahmut Gülay and Ali Demir (a customer) are also listed.

Ali Yaver was director of photography, Bekir Çetiner was production manager and Kunt Tulgar was sound engineer. The film was dubbed in post-production: Abdurrahman Palay voices İrfan Atasoy, Sadettin Erbil voices Tamer Yiğit, Kemal Ergüvenç voices Erol Taş, Doğan Bavli voices Behçet Nacar and Ünal Gürel voices Çetin Başaran.

DirectorYılmaz Atadeniz
Production companyİrfan Film

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Beş Hergele comes from Yeşilçam's action-adventure line, and the cast tells you so right away: İrfan Atasoy, Tamer Yiğit, Erol Taş, Behçet Nacar. Even character names like Kobra Ahmet, Sarı Kanarya and Vefa'lı Arap İsmail have genre-movie energy. But don't expect today's pace or fight choreography from a 1971 film, and the post-production dubbing gives scenes an old-school feel. For anyone curious about Yeşilçam action, it's a fun trip back in time.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Seeing Erol Taş, Behçet Nacar and Tamer Yiğit in one film is a pleasure in itself for anyone fond of Yeşilçam's crowded, colourful adventure pictures. The dubbing by masterful voices such as Abdurrahman Palay and Sadettin Erbil always lent that era's cinema a special warmth. To be honest, though, films in this line chased excitement more than depth of story, and characters often stayed as thin as a nickname. An eye seeking the literary warmth of the classics will love Beş Hergele mostly as a keepsake of its time.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

An old Turkish adventure film. Going by its title and genre, expect plenty of fighting and action. Older family members will enjoy spotting familiar faces like Erol Taş and Behçet Nacar. But the fight scenes typical of these old action films may be too much for small children. Better to watch it with teenagers and grandparents.

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