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Coup (Darbe)

Coup (Darbe) (translated)

Movie · 1976 · 22 people

Adventure, drama, political themes, action and melodrama meet in a single story in Darbe, a 1976 Turkish film. It was directed by Şerif Gören from a screenplay by Erdoğan Tünaş, produced by Gülşah Film with Selim Soydan as producer and Çetin Tunca behind the camera. The film runs 86 minutes, and Cüneyt Arkın and Fikret Hakan share the leading roles.

At its centre is Ahmet, nicknamed "Baba," an accounting clerk played by Cüneyt Arkın. His old army friend Kemal, now a businessman, is played by Fikret Hakan. Ahmet's son Ali works at the same factory and belongs to the union, and the factory manager presses Ahmet to talk his son into leaving it. When a strike breaks out at the plant, Ali is killed. Shattered, Ahmet turns to Kemal for help in finding the killer. As the two men pursue the truth together, each begins to question his own life and choices.

The film sets a murder investigation against the social tensions of its time: factory life, union organising, a strike and injustice. Its listed themes also include the mafia, pool, brawls and a revolutionary youth. The supporting cast includes Aysun Güven, Ahmet Sezerel as Ali, Mahmut Cevher, Memduh Ün and Seyhan Karabay.

DirectorŞerif Gören
Production companyGülşah Film

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Cast

Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Ahmet Fikret Hakan Fikret Hakan Actor · died at 83 Ahmet Sezerel Aysun Güven Mahmut Cevher Seyhan Karabay Memduh Ün Actor · died at 95 Şakir Bey İbrahim Uğurlu Yusuf Sezer Tevfik Şen İhsan Gedik Cihan Alp Mehmet Uğur Erdoğan Seren Kudret Karadağ Yadigar Ejder Actor · died at 43 Ünal Gürel Actor · 1935 – 2002 Sinan Çetin Sinan Çetin Film actor · 73 years old Ali's Friend Metin Serezli Actor · died at 79 Ekrem Dümer Ekrem Dümer Actor · died at 71 Mehtap Ar Mehtap Ar Actor · died at 65 Hakkı Kıvanç Hakkı Kıvanç Actor · died at 83

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

Seeing Cüneyt Arkın and Fikret Hakan in one story, as two old army friends, is an invitation in itself for anyone who loves Yeşilçam. Directed by Şerif Gören, the film puts a father's grief for his son at its centre and so sits somewhere more human than many action films of its day. Yet with adventure, politics, action and melodrama all in one, it at times seems unable to decide what it wants to be; the pool halls and brawls risk overshadowing a father's mourning. Still, its heart is in the right place.

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

A strike, a murder, the mafia, brawls and Cüneyt Arkın: on paper, a full seventies action package. But first and foremost this is a father's drama; the action comes forward once the hunt for the killer begins. The search alongside Fikret Hakan adds a buddy-film energy. Anyone expecting a pure fight film will need some patience, though that patience may well be rewarded.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Darbe carries the social tensions of the mid-seventies straight into its story: factory life, union organising, a strike and injustice. The factory manager pressing the accounting clerk to talk his son out of the union is a strong idea, showing how pressure between workers and management seeps into the family. As the father and his old army friend, now a businessman, begin to question their own lives while searching for the truth, the film sets two men of different standing side by side before the same event. Because it handles these themes within an action-melodrama mould, it sometimes fails to go deep, but it remains a valuable document of its time.

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