Remzi Aydın Jöntürk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Remzi Aydın Jöntürk (1936 – 1987) was a prominent Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, producer as well as a sculptor and a paint artist. He directed more than a hundred and twenty feature films between 1964 and 1987 until his death in a car accident while returning from shooting of the movie Afrodit starring Banu Alkan.
Jöntürk is credited for creating and directing some of the most famous examples of the Turkish psychedelic cinema including Yarinsiz Adam (The Man without Tomorrow) and Yıkılmayan Adam (The Indestructible Man), both starring Cüneyt Arkın as part of his psychedelic social-action The Adam Trilogy
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He is considered one of the most prominent psychedelic-action film makers of 1970's Turkish cinema during its boom period. This is due to his unorthodox use of psychedelic yet political and criminal themes, as well as over-expressive dialogs in the movies he directed, produced and written.
An alumnus of highly privileged Kuleli Military High School,[2] Jöntürk entered cinema in 1960s heyday for Turkish film industry as a set designer, became assistant director to Sureyya Duru. In 1964, he directed his first film 'Zımba Gibi Delikanlı' starring Palme d'Or winner Yilmaz Guney.
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Banning of "Zindan" in Germany
Zindan "Prison" (1974 film), an action film directed by Jöntürk, was banned in Germany in 1988-01-21 and 1988-08-10. Although, currently ban is not in effect, Zindan remains to be the only Turkish movie title ever been banned in Germany due to gore, violence and cruelty it contains.[3]
Political prosecution by military courts
As a result of some of the politically charged lines in his The Adam Trilogy movies, in 1981 Remzi Aydın Jöntürk was falsely accused and prosecuted for promoting communism by infamous The State Security Court established by the 1980 Turkish coup d'état of then General Kenan Evren. However, unlike some of the other left wing artists of the time, Jöntürk had refused to flee Turkey for Western Europe following the Coup, thus, facing the military courts. In 1985, the charges were dismissed following Turkey's return to democracy.
After the charges, however, for a period between 1981 and 1984, he was unable to find major projects to direct as the influence of military continued in infamous and now defunct State Censorship Board where many of Jöntürk's future films failed to pass the censorship board without major modifications to their scripts or post-production edits until the mid 1980s, few years before his death in a car accident returning from directing the movie "Afrodit" starring Banu Alkan.
Below is a narrative excerpt from the final scene of "Yikilmiyan Adam" which was interpreted as militancy by the military courts established after 1980. The scene was shot on a location of a real labor strike organized by Revolutionary Labor Union (DISK). In this scene camera also captures actual wall graffiti that contains motto from leftist movement of the time.
″If we are getting wet under the rain, struggling in the mud,
it is because we are aiming for sunny days.
if we are siding with misery and fighting like heroes,
it is because we want to meet in wealth day. Each day we spend fighting is a progress for freedom,
you expect from tomorrow is to have men live like a man.″
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
- Biraz Neşe Biraz Keder (Sometimes happiness, sometimes sadness) 1986
- Domdom Kurşunu (Shotgun) 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 (Victim of Life) 1983
- Nikah (Wedding) 1983
- Aşk Adası (Island of Love) 1983
- Türkiyem 1983
- Bir Pazar Günü (One 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 (Pain)1980
- Çile Tarlası (Field of Pain) 1980
- Destan 1980
- Kara Yazma (Black Scarf) 1979
- Hayat Harcadın Beni (Life Wasted Me)1979
- Uyanış (Awakening) 1978
- Kaplanlar Ağlamaz (Tigers don't Cry)1978
- Lekeli Melek (Stained Angel)1978
- Avare 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 (Man without Tomorrow)1976
- Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir (Must go to Death Alone)1976
- Silahlara Veda (Farewell to Arms)1976
- Tepedeki Ev (House on the Hill)1976
- Hora Geliyor Hora (Here comes Hora)1976
- Bir Defa Yetmez (One is not Enough)1975
- İsyan (Mutiny) 1975
- Macera (Adventure) 1975
- Yarınlar Bizim (Tomorrow is 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 Lovely Bodyguard)1970
- Avare 1970
- Yaralı Kalp (Wounded Hearth)1969
- Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan 1969
- Malkoçoğlu- Kara Korsan 1968
- Cango Ölüm Süvarisi (aka Korkusuz Adam) (Cango, the Fighter of Death)1967
- Malkoçoğlu- Krallara Karşı 1967
- Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri 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
