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Keloğlan vs. the Black Prince (Keloğlan Karaprens'e Karşı)

Keloğlan vs. the Black Prince (Keloğlan Karaprens'e Karşı) (translated)

Movie · 2006 · 15 people

Keloğlan Karaprens'e Karşı (Keloğlan vs. the Black Prince) is a fairy-tale comedy written and directed by Tayfun Güneyer. It opened on 6 January 2006, runs 105 minutes and was made by Energy Prodüksiyon. Mehmet Ali Erbil plays Keloğlan, the hero of Turkish folk tales, in a film that turns many familiar tale figures into parody.

Keloğlan is infatuated with Princess Cankız (Petek Dinçöz) of the Land of Goodness, but she is interested in Kara Prens (Özcan Deniz), prince of the neighbouring Kingdom of Vandam, where the wicked live. The Sultan (Gazanfer Özcan) and his wife (Ayşen Gruda) want their daughter to marry Keloğlan. Over the past year the Sultan has set Keloğlan and his close friend Cankuşoğlan (Bülent Polat) tasks, from catching a giant snake in the lake to trimming the claws of ten tigers in the forest, and each time Cankız has wriggled out of the marriage. Now they must fetch the golden belt of a merciless giant. Balkız (Ahu Türkpençe), the neighbour's daughter who secretly loves Keloğlan, follows them disguised as a man. Kara Prens and his guard Kıl Bill (Hakan Bilgin) try to stop Keloğlan succeeding, while his sister Makarena (Nükhet Duru) has aims of her own.

On the road they meet figures such as Robin Hood (Alp Kırşan), Cinderella (Ekin Türkmen), Snow White (Sinemis Candemir), Hacivat, Karagöz and Nasreddin Hoca.

DirectorTayfun Güneyer
Keloğlan vs. the Black Prince (Keloğlan Karaprens'e Karşı)

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Mehmet Ali Erbil Mehmet Ali Erbil Actor · 69 years old Keloğlan Ceren Benderlioğlu Ceren Benderlioğlu Actor · 43 years old Çamaşırcı Alp Kırşan Alp Kırşan Presenter · 47 years old Robin Hood Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz Actor · 54 years old Black Prince Ahu Türkpençe Ahu Türkpençe Actor · 49 years old Balkız/Tüysüzoğlan Akasya Asıltürkmen Akasya Asıltürkmen Actor · 49 years old Taşkız Merve Boluğur Merve Boluğur Actor · 39 years old Birgül Gazanfer Özcan Gazanfer Özcan Actor · died at 78 Sultan Petek Dinçöz Petek Dinçöz Actor · 46 years old Cankız Necmi Yapıcı Necmi Yapıcı Actor · 54 years old Cin Vatan Şaşmaz Vatan Şaşmaz Actor · died at 42 Prince on a white horse Nükhet Duru Nükhet Duru Singer · 72 years old Makarena Bülent Polat Bülent Polat Actor · 47 years old Cankuşoğlan Ayşen Gruda Ayşen Gruda Actor · died at 74 Sultan Ekin Türkmen Ekin Türkmen Film actor · 42 years old Kül Kedisi

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

Folk-tale hero Keloğlan, a princess, a giant and familiar tale figures: a set-up children are likely to enjoy. The genre is comedy and parody, and no heavy theme stands out. Children enjoy seeing the tale characters they know together. One worry: the crowd of figures may be hard for very small children to follow. For families who like fairy tales.

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

Parody is the cinema not of breaking a familiar mould but of filling it with plenty of material, and this film does the second by gathering Robin Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, Hacivat, Karagöz and Nasreddin Hoca in one tale. The idea is generous, but such a crowd often smothers a single narrative line; it becomes unclear whose story it is. Mehmet Ali Erbil in the lead sets the film's tone. The number of references and the quality of the comic ideas do not always go hand in hand. A fairy-tale parody that leans too hard on the charm of playing with known heroes can shelter in the pleasure of recognition without producing a joke of its own.

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

Keloğlan, hero of Turkish folk tales, meeting foreign figures like Robin Hood and Cinderella and local faces like Hacivat, Karagöz and Nasreddin Hoca can be read as local and universal storytelling cultures coming together. The divide between the Land of Goodness and the kingdom where the wicked live shows the firm moral borders of the tale world. The film uses this tradition in a playful way; it offers no deep social reading, but it reminds us of the place of tales in our shared memory.

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