''Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı'' (

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: ''Karamurat, la belva dell'Anatolia'') is a 1976 Turkish-Italian

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directed by Natuk Baytan. It is the fifth film in a series based on the

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character Kara Murat, a

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spy in the service of

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, created by journalist and cartoonist Rahmi Turan. Turkish action film star

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played Kara Murat in all films of the series.

Plot

By the year 1456, Mehmed the Conqueror ( Bora Ayanoğlu) has decided to extend the borders of his empire to the east, into the lands of the

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. However, Sheikh Gaffar ( Pasquale Basile), ruler of a heretic sect near Kharput defies the Sultan's rule and imprisons the ambassadors sent by him. Sultan Mehmed commissions Kara Murat to assassinate Gaffar.

Cast

: Kara Murat (''Karamurat'') * Pasquale Basile: Gaffar (''Mustafà'') * Bora Ayanoğlu: Mehmed the Conqueror (''Mammaluch'') *

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: Zeynep (''Suleima'') * Turgut Özatay: Eşkiya Abdo (''il bandito Alì Babà'')

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Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı (Kara Murat, La Belva Dell'Anatolia)
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''Karamurat, la belva dell'Anatolia''
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