Black Executioner (Kara Cellat)

Black Executioner (Kara Cellat) (translated)

Movie · 1974 · 8 people

Yılmaz Atadeniz directed Kara Cellat ("Black Executioner"), a Turkish adventure film. Film listings give a release date of 1 May 1974, though some records give 1971 as the production year. The film follows a fearless tough guy nicknamed Kara Cellât, who comes from Adana to Istanbul and fights the city's mafia. Atadeniz wrote the screenplay with Bekir Çetiner. The lead actor İrfan Atasoy produced it, the production appeared under the İrfan Film name, and the cinematographer was Ali Yaver.

İrfan Atasoy plays the hero. Kara Cellât extorts money from people who do dirty business and gives it to the poor. When the man he regarded as a father kills himself in Adana, he goes to Istanbul. There the members of a mafia group code-named "Aile", Çiçek Recep, Sürmeneli Remzi, Arap Reşo and Kaymak Ahmet, cannot cope with him. To get rid of him, they decide to set him against Mafya Osman. Erol Taş plays Mafya Osman and Feri Cansel plays Selma. Hayati Hamzaoğlu plays Sürmeneli Remzi, Turgut Özatay Çiçek Recep, Bilâl İnci Arap Reşo, Yavuz Selekman Kaymak Ahmet and Danyal Topatan Hindi Rüstem.

The cast also includes Faruk Panter (Makbuz), Haydar Karaer (a police chief) and Tarık Şimşek.

DirectorYılmaz Atadeniz
Production companyİrfan Film

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Also in the cast: Faruk Panter, Haydar Karaer

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

A fearless tough guy who comes from Adana to Istanbul and takes on the city's mafia: a set-up made for action fans. A man the gang code-named 'Aile' can't handle, and Erol Taş as Mafya Osman, the rival they set against him, lay solid ground for a big showdown. The story follows a familiar tough-guy mould, so don't expect surprises, but it may satisfy anyone after pace.

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

Through a hero who squeezes money out of people doing dirty business and hands it to the poor, Kara Cellat carries the just outlaw so loved in folk storytelling into the city. Arriving in Istanbul from Adana, he brings together the journey from Anatolia to the big city and an underworld that runs by its own rules. Gang members known by nicknames such as Çiçek Recep, Sürmeneli Remzi and Arap Reşo give an idea of how urban crime was imagined in the popular cinema of the seventies. Though records date it anywhere between 1971 and 1974, the film can be read as an example of the hunger for justice among audiences of those years.

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

An adventure film built on the mafia, tough guys and showdowns. The hero helping the poor carries a good feeling. But the subject is the crime world and fighting, so it is not suitable for young children. There is also a suicide in the story, which may upset sensitive viewers. Teens and adults curious about old Turkish adventure films can give it a go.

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