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The Truth (Gerçek)

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Movie · 1974 · 15 people

Gerçek ("The Truth") is a 1974 Turkish feature directed by Temel Gürsu from a screenplay by Erdoğan Tünaş. Produced by Olgun Eltan for Olgun Film, the colour picture reached cinemas on 1 September 1974, runs about 70 minutes and blends crime, thriller and melodrama elements. Seyhan Karabay composed the score and Kenan Kurt served as cinematographer.

The story follows Selma, happily married to Kemal, whose world is upended by a mysterious phone call while her husband is away on business: a dying woman named Ceyda has asked to see Kemal one last time. Going to the hospital in his place, Selma hears troubling claims about her husband from Ceyda's friend Sevda and begins digging into Kemal's past — an investigation that confronts her with truths she never expected.

Perihan Savaş plays Selma opposite Aytaç Arman as Kemal, with Ceyda Karahan, Seyhan Karabay, Turgut Boralı, Hüseyin Zan and Hamit Yıldırım rounding out the cast. In keeping with the era's dubbing practice, well-known voices such as Şener Şen, Hayri Esen and Gülen Kıpçak feature on the soundtrack.

DirectorTemel Gürsu
Production companyOlgun Film

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Perihan Savaş Perihan Savaş Actor · 71 years old Selma Aytaç Arman Aytaç Arman Actor · died at 69 Kemal Nubar Terziyan Actor · died at 84 Ceyda Karahan Seyhan Karabay Turgut Boralı Nurhan Nur Hüseyin Zan Hüseyin Zan Actor · died at 80 Kobra Hamit Yıldırım Faik Coşkun Şener Şen Şener Şen Actor · 84 years old Hayri Esen Gülen Kıpçak Orhan Alkan Ünal Gürel Actor · 1935 – 2002

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Erdoğan Tünaş's script opens with a good hook: a mysterious phone call, a dying woman's last wish and a wife forced to dig into her husband's past. Structurally it is a detective story moved indoors, with the investigation carried out not by the police but by a woman who suspects she has been deceived. The trouble is that the film squeezes crime, thriller and romantic drama into a short running time, and none of the three strands gets to deepen. Just as the tension starts to build, the weight of melodrama takes over. Even so, using a crime plot to question trust inside a marriage is a more interesting starting point than the average family drama of the period.

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

Selma, played by Perihan Savaş, stands slightly apart from the many Yeşilçam women who simply wait and weep: she sets out herself to learn the truth about her husband's past. That alone makes the film worth a look today. For lovers of old voices there is an extra pleasure, since in keeping with the dubbing tradition of the day the voice cast includes familiar names such as Şener Şen, Hayri Esen and Gülen Kıpçak. With Seyhan Karabay's music, it is a small film that carries the particular air of the seventies.

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

The setup genuinely hooks you: a mysterious phone call, a secret waiting in a hospital, and accusations about the husband. Mystery fans may be pulled in from the opening minutes. But anyone expecting chases or shootouts will be let down; the tension here comes entirely from revelations, and the emotional scenes keep getting in the way of the pace. Worth it as a short, curiosity-driven mystery.

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