The Neverending Song (Bitmeyen Şarkı) (translated)

The 1976 Turkish film Bitmeyen Şarkı ("The Neverending Song") combines drama, sentiment and music. Orhan Elmas directed it and wrote the script. Made for Sezer Film under producer Berker İnanoğlu, the color film runs 76 minutes. It centers on a young woman who is caught up in a mafia showdown for the sake of love, a melodrama in which singing changes the heroine's fate.

The heroine is Necla, played by Gönül Yazar. She lost her parents in a fire and was raised by the people of her neighborhood. She earns a living as a dolmuş driver and looks after the whole neighborhood regardless of her youth, and anyone in trouble runs to her. She herself is alone, her home filled by a kitten and the memories of her parents. Tired of loneliness, she needs someone to lean on. A song she sings at a friend's wedding turns her life in a new direction. Reza Fazeli plays Davut and Hayati Hamzaoğlu plays Battal, with Sami Hazinses as Aynalı Ali, Alpay İzer as Şakir and Oya Başar as Nebahat.

The cinematographer is Sertaç Karan. As in many productions of the time, some of the actors were dubbed: Nevin Akkaya voiced Gönül Yazar, Devrim Parscan voiced Alpay İzer and Vala Önengüt voiced Hayati Hamzaoğlu.