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Remzi Aydın Jöntürk (September 15, 1936 – September 2, 1987) was a Turkish filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He directed more than 72 feature films in his long career. Jöntürk is credited for creating and directing some of the most famous examples of the Turkish psychedelic cinema including ''
Yarınsız Adam ''Yarınsız Adam'' is a Turkish political film by Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, the first in his trilogy. It was succeeded by ''Satılmış Adam'' (''Sold Man'') and ''Yıkılmayan Adam'' (''Indestructible Man''), both filmed in 1977. The film is about ...
'' (''The Man without Tomorrow'') and '' Yıkılmayan Adam'' (''The Indestructible Man''), both starring
Cüneyt Arkın Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (7 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and physician. Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is widely co ...
as part of his psychedelic
socio-political Political sociology is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with exploring how governance and society interact and influence one another at the micro to macro levels of analysis. Interested in the social causes and consequences of how ...
action '' The Adam Trilogy''. He is considered one of the most prominent psychedelic-action film makers of 1970's Turkish cinema during its boom period.


Life

Son of İbrahim Aydın who was a military officer, Jöntürk was born September 15, 1936, in
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, Turkey where his father was appointed as central government representative. He studied at the prestigious Kuleli Military High School, and then at Istanbul Institute of Journalism and Academy of Fine Arts. Jöntürk entered into cinema in the 1960s starting out as a set designer in Yesilcam. While an assistant director to Sureyya Duru, in 1964, he directed his first film ''Zımba Gibi Delikanlı'' starring
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winner
Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made f ...
. He died September 2, 1987, at age 50 in a traffic accident in
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Banning of ''Zindan'' in Germany

''Zindan'' (''Prison'') a 1974 action film directed by Jöntürk, was banned in Germany in 1988.


Filmography

Films as actor (5 films) * ''Malkoçoğlu Kara Korsan'' 1968 * ''Aslan Bey'' 1968 * ''Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı'' 1967 * ''Başlık'' 1965 * ''Kamalı Zeybek'' 1964 Films as director (72 films) * ''Afrodit'' (''Aphrodite'') 1987 * ''Yaralı Can'' (''Wounded Hearth'') 1987 * ''Kucuk Prens'' (Verbatim Turkish adoptation of Saint-Exupéry's ''
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'') * ''Biraz NeÅŸe Biraz Keder'' (''Sometimes happiness, sometimes sadness'') 1986 * ''Domdom KurÅŸunu'' (''
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'') 1985 * ''Eroin Hattı'' (''Heroine Connection'') 1985 * ''Altar'' 1985 * ''Geçim Otobüsü'' (''Election Bus'') 1984 * ''Halk Düşmanı'' (''Enemy of State'') 1984 * ''Beş Kafadar'' (''Five Friends'') 1984 * ''İkimiz De Sevdik'' (''We Both Fell in Love'') 1983 * ''Can Kurban'' (''I'd give my life'') 1983 * ''Nikah'' (''Wedding'') 1983 * ''Aşk Adası'' (''Island of Love'') 1983 * ''Türkiyem'' 1983 * ''Bir Pazar Günü'' (''On a Sunday'') 1982 * ''Ağlayan Gülmedi mi?'' (''Those Who Cry Also Laughs'') 1982 * ''Milcan'' 1981 * ''Öğretmen Kemal'' (''Kemal the Teacher'') 1981 * ''Acı Gerçekler'' (''Painful Truth'') 1981 * ''Takip'' (''Chase'') 1981 * ''Unutulmayanlar'' (''Unforgettables'') 1981 * ''Çile'' (''Heartache'') 1980 * ''Çile Tarlası'' (''Field of Heartaches'') 1980 * ''Destan'' (''Legend'') 1980 * ''Kara Yazma'' (''Black Scarf'') 1979 * ''Hayat Harcadın Beni'' (''Wasted by the Life'') 1979 * ''Uyanış'' (''Awakening'') 1978 * ''Kaplanlar Ağlamaz'' (''Tigers don't Cry'') 1978 * ''Lekeli Melek'' (''Stained Angel'') 1978 * ''Avare'' (''Vagabond'') 1978 * ''Kan'' (''Blood'') 1977 * '' Yıkılmayan Adam'' (''Indestructible Man'') 1977 * '' Satılmış Adam'' (''Sold Man'') 1977 * ''Şeref Yumruğu'' (''Fist of Honor'') 1977 * ''Hırçın Kız'' (''Wild Girl'') 1977 * ''
Yarınsız Adam ''Yarınsız Adam'' is a Turkish political film by Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, the first in his trilogy. It was succeeded by ''Satılmış Adam'' (''Sold Man'') and ''Yıkılmayan Adam'' (''Indestructible Man''), both filmed in 1977. The film is about ...
'' (''Man without Tomorrow'') 1976 * ''Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir'' (''Lone Voyage to Death'') 1976 * ''Silahlara Veda'' (''Farewell to Arms'') 1976 * ''Tepedeki Ev'' (''House on the Hill'') 1976 * ''Hora Geliyor Hora'' (''Here comes Hora'') 1976 * ''Bir Defa Yetmez'' (''Never Enough'') 1975 * ''İsyan'' (''Mutiny'') 1975 * ''Macera'' (''Adventure'') 1975 * ''Yarınlar Bizim'' (''Tomorrows are Ours'') 1975 * ''Kahramanlar'' (''Heroes'') 1974 * ''Zindan'' (''Prison'') 1974 * ''Sayılı Kabadayılar'' 1974 * ''Göç'' (''Migration'') 1974 * ''Duvak'' 1973 * ''Pir Sultan Abdal'' 1973 * ''Arap Abdo'' (''Abdo the Arab'') 1973 * ''Elif İle Seydo'' (''Elif and Seydo'') 1972 * ''İntikam Kartalları'' (''Eagles of Revenge'') 1971 * ''Hasret'' 1971 * ''Kader Bağlayınca'' (''When Destiny Bounds'') 1970 * ''Sevgili Muhafızım'' (''My Beloved Bodyguard'') 1970 * ''Avare'' (''Vagabond'') 1970 * ''Yaralı Kalp'' (''Wounded Hearth'') 1969 * '' Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan'' 1969 * '' Malkoçoğlu Kara Korsan'' (''Black Pirate'') 1968 * ''Cango Ölüm Süvarisi'' (aka ''Korkusuz Adam'') (''Django, the Fighter of Death'') 1967 * '' Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı'' 1967 * ''Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri'' (''Secret Diary of a Chauffeur'') 1967 * ''Eşkiya Celladı'' (''Executioner of Bandits'') 1967 * ''At Hırsızı Banuş'' (''Banush the Horse Thief'') 1967 * ''Ve Silahlara Veda'' (''And Farewell to Arms'') 1966 * ''Yaşamak Haram Oldu'' (''Living has become a Sin'') 1966 * ''Göklerdeki Sevgili'' (''My Love in the Sky'') 1966 * ''Zorlu Düşman'' (''Though Enemy'') 1966 * ''Beyaz Atlı Adam'' (''The Man with White Horse'') 1965 * ''Mağrur Ve Sefil'' (''Victim and Poor'') 1965 * ''Zımba Gibi Delikanlı'' (''Straight Guy'') 1964 Films as producer (5 films) * ''Altar'' 1985 * ''Domdom Kurşunu'' 1985 * ''Halk Düşmanı'' 1984 * ''Elif İle Seydo'' 1972 * ''İntikam Kartalları'' 1971 Films as scriptwriter (44 films) * ''Domdom Kurşunu'' 1985 * ''Eroin Hattı'' 1985 * ''Beş Kafadar'' 1984 * ''Geçim Otobüsü'' 1984 * ''İkimiz De Sevdik'' 1983 * ''Aşk Adası'' 1983 * ''Bir Pazar Günü'' 1982 * ''Acı Gerçekler'' 1981 * ''Azap Çiçeği'' 1981 * ''Milcan'' 1981 * ''Unutulmayanlar'' 1981 * ''Sevgi Dünyası'' 1980 * ''Avare'' 1978 * ''Kaplanlar Ağlamaz'' 1978 * ''Hayata Dönüş'' 1977 * ''Hırçın Kız'' 1977 * ''Hora Geliyor Hora'' 1976 * ''Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir'' 1976 * ''Silahlara Veda'' 1976 * ''Bir Defa Yetmez'' 1975 * ''İsyan'' 1975 * ''Macera'' 1975 * ''Kahramanlar'' 1974 * ''Sayılı Kabadayılar'' 1974 * ''Zindan'' 1974 * ''Göç'' 1974 * ''Duvak'' 1973 * ''Elif İle Seydo'' 1972 * ''Malkoçoğlu Ölüm Fedaileri'' 1971 * ''Hasret'' 1971 * ''İntikam Kartalları'' 1971 * ''Melikşah'' 1969 * ''Malkoçoğlu Akıncılar Geliyor'' 1969 * ''Yaralı Kalp'' 1969 * '' Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan'' 1969 * ''Yakılacak Kitap'' 1968 * ''Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri'' 1967 * ''Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri'' 1967 * ''Eşkiya Celladı'' 1967 * ''Yaşamak Haram Oldu'' 1966 * ''Göklerdeki Sevgili'' 1966 * ''Ve Silahlara Veda'' 1966 * ''Beyaz Atlı Adam'' 1965 * ''Zımba Gibi Delikanlı'' 1964 Films as book author (1 film) * ''Kader'' 1968 Films as assistant director (1 film) * ''Şoför Nebahat Ve Kızı''


References


External links

*
Official Remzi Jöntürk Website
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