''King of the Doormen'', ( tr, Kapıcılar Kralı), is a

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Turkish

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featuring

Kemal Sunal Ali Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With ''Hababam Sınıfı'', '' Kapıcılar Kralı'' and ''Davaro'', Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his charact ...

, Sevda Ferdağ, Bilge Zobu and Şevket Altuğ, produced by Arif and Abdurrahman Keskiner and, directed by

Zeki Ökten Zeki Ökten (4 August 1941 – 19 December 2009) was a Turkish film director. Biography He was born on 4 August 1941 in Istanbul. Zeki Ökten was interested in theatre during his education at the Haydarpaşa High School. He entered his filmm ...

. The movie is the third collaboration of Ökten and Sunal, following ''Hanzo'' and ''Şaşkın Damat'', both shot in 1975. Kapıcılar Kralı is considered as one of the most memorable motion pictures of the career of Kemal Sunal. Along with Çöpçüler Kralı another movie of Sunal also directed by Zeki Ökten, Kapıcılar Kralı is also featured in the book ''100 Yılın 100 Türk Filmi'', written by

Atilla Dorsay Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...

, Turkish film critic. The movie is decorated major local success, winning best director and best actor awards at 1977 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, in which it was also runner-up of best motion picture after ''Kara Çarşaflı Gelin'' of director and producer Süreyya Duru. Thus, Kemal Sunal became the first comedy-genre actor ever to win the award. Movie is also inducted at ''100 Yıl 100 Film'', a publicly voted list that is gathering 100 best motion pictures of Turkish cinema, in honour of its centenary, published by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, in 2014. The movie is ranked 36th out of 100 movies in total, after an online-voted pool of 367,620 voters.

Cast

as SeyitMain character is credited as Seyyit at

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movie profile page, as well as in Milliyet newspaper's release on 22 November 1984, p.4 within section named ''Video Dünyasından Seçtiklerimiz'' ur Choices From World of Video(s) the Housekeeper * Bilge Zobu as Zafer, succeeding building administrator, retired colonel * Özcan Özgür as Mahir the forger * Sevda Ferdağ as partner of Mahir the forger, acting like his wife * Şevket Altuğ as drunkard building resident * Sevil Üstekin as Hacer, wife of Seyit * Can Kolukısa as Fehmi, predecessor building administrator * Güner Sümer as Nuri, car dealer, building resident * Feridun Çölgeçen as Übeyit Baba, broker, building resident * Yüksel Gözen as Mithat the Manager, building resident * Ekrem Dümer as Doctor, building resident * Hikmet Gül as Makbule, talebearer building resident * Güler Ökten as Fehmi's wife, building resident * Mete Sezer as Ferit the civil servant, building resident

Music

The tracks, "''Dımbıllı''" and "''Hüdeyda''", used in varied scenes of the movie are composed by

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, Turkish folkloric music singer and virtuoso, and arranged by Zafer Dilek. Two tracks are first released in ''Altın Bağlama'', a 7" vinyl at 45 RPM single format by

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Türküola, in 1975. ''Dımbıllı'' is used as the intro, whereas ''Hüdeyda'' is used Kemal Sunal and Sevda Ferdağ are romantically involved while Ferdağ was deceiving Sunal to glom the apartment keys of ''Üveyit Baba'', the rich broker living downstairs.

Distribution

Released on 1 May 1977, the movie came out in varied theatres, including Özlem Sineması, Saray Sineması and Şan Sineması in Beyoğlu district, Bulvar Sineması, Hakan Sineması, İstanbul Sineması in other European side of Istanbul, and, Atlantik Sineması and Reks Sineması in

Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea o ...

district, Asian side of Istanbul.

Reception

Kapıcılar Kralı is one of the all-time most favourite comedy movies of Turkey, holding the record of most aired local movie at national TV stations of Turkey in 2005, with total of 16 broadcasts.

Awards

1977 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival * Won –

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– Zeki Ökten * Won – Best Actor – Kemal Sunal

References

; Footnotes ; Citations

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0252591 1976 films 1970s Turkish-language films 1976 comedy films Films shot in Istanbul Turkish comedy films 1977 comedy films 1977 films