Malkoçoğlu Against the Kings (Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı) (translated)

Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı (Malkoçoğlu Against the Kings) is a 1967 Turkish swashbuckler, mixing history and action. It was co-directed by Süreyya Duru and Remzi Jöntürk from a screenplay by Bülent Oran and Ayhan Başoğlu. Naci Duru produced it for Duru Film and Murat Film.

The story begins when Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey returns from the Morea campaign to find his village burned, and his wife and men killed. His son has been abducted. Ali Bey sets out with his companion Ejder to take revenge on Vlad the Impaler and rescue the boy. At a slave market he tries to free a young woman who turns out to be a princess, Yolanda. She is taken again, however, and Malkoçoğlu and Ejder are lured into a trap and imprisoned. Cüneyt Arkın plays Ali Bey, Yılmaz Köksal plays Ejder, Yıldırım Gencer plays Vlad Çepeş and Sezer Güvenirgil plays Princess Yolanda..

Part of the shooting took place at Mamure Castle in Anamur, and the director of photography was Mahmut Demir. During the scene of riding into the palace, Cüneyt Arkın's hand is said to have been severed at the wrist, and his former medical school professor, Halit Ziya Konuralp, sewed it back.