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İsmet Ergün
İsmet Ergün (born 1950) is a Berlin artist and stage designer of Turkish provenance. Alongside her theatre work she has worked in the world of cinema as an art director and as a production designer. The short film "Bende Sıra" ("It's my turn") which she directed, and for which she herself wrote the screenplay, was singled out for commendation at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival: it also won the "Best German Film 2007" at the Berlin "Interfilm" festival later the same year. Life Early years İsmet Ergün was born in Konya, a substantial city in central southern Turkey. Since 1972 she has lived in Berlin. She attended the Berlin University of the Arts as a "guest student" in what was then West Berlin before moving on to a four-year teaching traineeship, undertaken between 1976 and 1980. For the next six years she worked as a teacher, still in West Berlin, though she also had contacts beyond the wall in the eastern half of the city. In 1988 she returned to the Berlin Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Zadek
Peter Zadek (; 19 May 1926 – 30 July 2009) was a German director of theatre, opera and film, a translator and a screenwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. Biography Peter Zadek was born on 19 May 1926 to a Jewish family in Berlin. In 1934, he emigrated with his family to London where he later studied at Old Vic theatre, after a year at University of Oxford, Oxford University. He began in weekly rep in Swansea and Pontypridd. He studied at the Old Vic, and his first productions included Oscar Wilde’s ''Salome (play), Salome'' and T. S. Eliot’s ''Sweeney Agonistes''. Zadek caused a stir in London in the late 1950s with his productions of works by Jean Genet. Indeed, Genet was so outraged by Zadek's world première of ''The Balcony'' at the Arts in 1957 that he apparently bought a gun with the intention of shooting its director. He also worked as a director for the BBC in this period. Bremen years Returning to West Germany, Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rose Of Stamboul (operetta)
''The Rose of Stamboul'' (original German: ''Die Rose von Stambul'') is a 1916 operetta in three acts by Austrian composer Leo Fall with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. The work premiered on 2 December 1916 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The story centers around Achmed Bey, a young Turkish man who wishes to reform Turkish society. Not wanting to embarrass his politician father, Bey publishes his reform plans in French under the pseudonym "André Léry". The book becomes a bestseller among Turkish women. Later, a marriage is arranged between Achmed Bey and Kondja Gül. On their wedding night, however, Gül confesses to her husband that she can never love him, as she has fallen in love with the author André Léry. The 1919 silent film ''The Rose of Stamboul'' by German film makers Felix Basch and Arthur Wellin was based on the operetta. In 1953 the operetta was adapted into a musical film, also called ''The Rose of Stamboul'', by West German film mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neco Celik
Manoel Nunes (March 7, 1895 – May 31, 1977), also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder and striker. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 1929). As of 2006, Neco is the player who played the longest for Corinthians: 17 years. Called often to the Brazil national team, he won two South American Championships: 1919 (team's top scorer) and 1922 (top scorer). Playing for Corinthians, he won the Paulista League eight times as a player (being top scorer in 1914 and 1920) and once as a coach (1937). Neco had a quick temper and frequently got involved in fights; his second stint as a manager occurred because he was suspended as a player for 18 games when he beat a referee. He started in the third team of Corinthians at the age of 16 and joined the first team in 1913 (the first year Corinthians participated in official competitions). In 1915, Corinthians did not play of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propaganda (1999 Film)
''Propaganda'' is a 1999 Turkish comedy film written, directed and produced Sinan Çetin. The film, which is a darkly surreal comedy set in a sleepy village in the southeast Turkey in 1948, starred popular comedy actor Kemal Sunal, who died a year later in 2000. It was shown in competition at the 18th Istanbul International Film Festival and the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Goblet, and went on general release across Turkey on . Production The film was shot on location in Hatay, Turkey. Synopsis Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will imminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united. Cast * Kemal Sunal as Mehdi * Metin Akpınar as Rahim * Meltem Cumbul as Filiz * Rafet El Roman as Âdem * Meral Orhonsay as Š... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin In Berlin
''Berlin in Berlin'' is a 1993 Turkish drama film directed by Sinan Çetin. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where Hülya Avşar won the award for Best Actress. Cast * Hülya Avşar as Dilber * Cem Özer as Muertuez * Armin Block as Thomas * Aliye Rona as Ugu * Eşref Kolçak as Ekber * Nilüfer Aydan as Zehra * Clemens-Maria Haas as Olaf * Zafer Ergin Zafer Ergin (born 30 August 1942) is a Turkish actor who plays in ''Arka Sokaklar''. Filmography * ''Sümela'nın Şifresi: Temel'' – 2011 * ''Akasya Durağı'' – 2008 (guest appearance) * ''Five Minarets in New York, New York'ta Beş Minare ... as Mehmet * Emrah Aydemir as Yueksel * Volkan Akabali as Yuecel References External links * 1993 films 1993 drama films Turkish drama films 1990s Turkish-language films 1990s German-language films Films set in Berlin Films shot in Berlin 1993 multilingual films Turkish multilingual films German-language drama films {{Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan Çetin
Sinan Çetin (born 1 March 1953) is a Turkish film director, actor, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of maternal Azeri and paternal Georgian descent. He studied art history at Hacettepe University. Çetin has produced full-length films and television series, and foremost, commercials. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his 1999 film ''Propaganda'', a critically acclaimed libertarian comedy about post-World War II eastern Turkey. Çetin both directed and produced this film, as he did for many other films. His 1993 film ''Berlin in Berlin'' was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Çetin is a fan of Ayn Rand, and has published Rand's books and other libertarian books in Turkey. Çetin manages and owns the film production company Plato Film Productions. He opened the company in 1986 and it has been expanding e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theater Bremen
Theater Bremen (Bremen Theatre) is a state theatre in Bremen, Germany, with four divisions for opera, straight theater, dance, and student programs. Its venues are located in a city block, connected in architecture and seating up to 1,426 spectators. The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962 with innovative play productions in the ''Bremer Stil'' (Bremen style). Its opera company was selected as opera house of the year by '' Opernwelt'' in 2007. Organization Theater Bremen is a company with four divisions: the ''Oper Bremen'' (Bremen opera), the ''Schauspiel Bremen'' (Bremen Playhouse), the ''Tanztheater Bremen'' (Bremen Dance Theatre) and the ''MoKS Bremen'', short for ''Modellversuch Künstler und Schüler'' (Experimental Modal: Artists and Schoolgoers). The four venues seat up to 1,426 spectators. The musical divisions have collaborated since 1917 with the Bremer Philharmoniker, an orchestra founded in 1820. The theatre has drawn international attention since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, contribution Hauptmann might have made to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author of the text. The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. With influences from jazz and German dance music, songs from ''The Threepenny Opera'' have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife") and "" (" Pirate Jenny"). ''The Threepenny Opera'' has been performed in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Hungary. It has also been adapted to film and radio. The German-language version from 1928 entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
