Excitement in the Ranks (Sıralardaki Heyecan) (translated)

Somewhere between a youth film, a romantic drama and a musical, the 1976 Turkish film Sıralardaki Heyecan is a musical drama in colour. Orhan Aksoy directed it from a script by Fuat Özlüer and Erdoğan Tünaş, and Türker İnanoğlu produced it for Erler Film. Running about 87 minutes, it is the first film in which Bülent Ersoy acted.

Ersoy plays Bülent, a poor, friendless high-school student who earns his living singing at weddings. Most of his classmates are rich, spoiled and careless about their education, and the mature, hard-working Bülent gradually becomes their target. Through a made-up game, they make him fall for Gülşen (Gülşen Bubikoğlu), hoping to turn his head and make him lose interest in his studies. Bülent falls into the trap and neglects his lessons. When he learns that the romance was a game, he quits school and begins working as a singer at a music hall. Gülşen, however, is full of remorse and realises her feelings are real. Her father's opposition puts new obstacles in the couple's way.

The cast also includes Şemsi İnkaya, Hulusi Kentmen as Gülşen's father, Turgut Boralı as the school principal, Cevat Kurtuluş and Nubar Terziyan. The music is by Metin Bükey and the photography by Çetin Gürtop.