This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1976 Natuk Baytan and Ernst Hofbauer film The Magic Man
starring Cuneyt Arkin as Kara Murat. The original Turkish title
is Kara Murat seyh gaffar'a karsi; an alternate English title
is Karamurat.
Cast and crew: Natuk Baytan, Ernst Hofbauer, Cuneyt Arkin, Daniela
Giordano, Pasquale Basile, Yavuz Selekman, Huseyin Alp, Kadir Savun,
Turgut Ozatay, Atilla Ergun, Erdogan Tunas, Fuad Ozluer, Bora
Ayanoglu, Arab Celal, Aktar Durukan, Suheyl Egriboz, Mumtaz Ener,
Ihsan Gedik
Plot summary: Battal Gazi, the legendary Muslim commander from
Malatya, is out to avenge the death of his father Huseyn Gazi, who has
been ambushed and killed by some Byzantine warlords. One of these
warlords is none other than the Byzantine emperor. On the way to
fight the emperor Battal gets into a fight with the Christian knight
Hammer, who is the greatest of the Christians. Hammer loses when
Battal fights him and then converts to Islam. After that he and Gazi
become the best of friends.
Cast and crew: Atif Yilmaz, Ayse Sasa, Cuneyt Arkin, Fikret Hakan, Meral Zeren, Reha Yurdakul, Erden Alkan, Melek Gorgun, Kerim Afsar, Ali Taygun, Atif Kaptan, Arap Celal, Yusuf Sezer, Baki Tamer, Necip Tekce, Suheyl Egriboz, Turgut Savas
As Long as We Live [Insanlar yasadik/insanha ta zendeh'and] (1969) - (Cuneyt Arkin) Iranian film poster
Pictured is a 27.5" x 13" Iranian poster by an unknown designer made to promote
the 1969 Turkish film directed by Memduh Un, As Long as We Live
[Insanlar yasadik/insanha ta zendeh'and] starring Cuneyt Arkin
credited as Fakhr al-Din based on a screenplay by Duygu Sagiroglu with
cinematography by Gani Turanli.
Cast and crew: Memduh Un, Duygu Sagiroglu, Cuneyt Arkin, Sema Ozcan, Aynur Akarsu, Aynur Aydan, Diclehan Baban, Gulten Ceylan, Oktay gursel, Seiahattin Icsel, Haydar Karaer, Huseyin Zen
Here is a 23.5" x 32.5" Iranian promotional poster designed by Mahmoud
Behnam to promote the 1970 100-minute Esmail Kushan color film Shirin
and Farhad starring Cuneyt Arkin based on a screenplay by Esmail
Kushan, adapted from the work by the same name by the 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi, with
cinematography by Mahmoud Kushan.
The above is a 10.25" x 24" Iranian poster designed by Mahmoud Behnam, also to promote the 1970 Shirin and Farhad film.
The film was produced by the Pars
Film Studio. Plot summary: Shirin is supposed to marry Khosro but
Farhad sees her and falls in love with her. To keep Farhad away from
Shirin, Khosro sets a requirement that to marry her he must make water
flow through a stone mountain. Farhad does this, but Khosro does not
want to keep his promise. Farhad flees with Shirin and jumps off the
top of the same mountain with her. They die side by side.
Cast and crew: Morteza Ahmadi, Cuneyt Arkin, Bulent Oran, Fatma Guler, Osman Kavur, Nilufar, Zhale Olov, Hassan Rezai, Sema Sozen, Dariush Talayi, Ali Yildirim, Mahmoud Kushan, Nizami Ganjavi
This is a 27.5" x 19.5" Iranian promotional poster for the 1969 Esmail
Kushan film Brave Generation [nesl-e shojaan نسل شجاعان] starring Cuneyt Arkin
based on a screenplay by Javad Baziyaran with cinematography by Mahmud
Kushan. The film was produced by Oskar films. Plot summary: During the
reign of the Seljuq King Malik Shah (1072 - 1092) there was a rival to the throne.
The king was a young man who was oppressed by his
actions, but with guidance from the vizier Nizam ol-Mulk, after
numerous clashes the rival was defeated and peace was restored to
the land.
This is an Egyptian poster for the 1976 Natuk Baytan
and Ernst Hofbauer Turkish film Magic Man [Karamurat]
starring Cuneyt Arkin. The poster was printed by
Anwar Printers with art by Ahmed Fouad. Uncle
Hugo from the Czech Republic wrote a nice review of
the film for IMDB: The main benefit of this adventure
movie with plentiful kung-fu fights is the eponymous
hero's way of kicking and beating as many villains as
possible. Kara Murat uses an unusual martial art to
accomplish his mission- to defeat an evil governor
of certain district of Turkey,whose assassins kidnapped
Kara Murat's brother and killed brother's wife. Although
there is very little blood or gore present in all fight
scenes, some techniques employed by Kara Murat
bring a new perspective to the genre of kung-fu films.
Our action hero seems to be capable of levitation as
his whole body in horizontal position hits villains
and puts them to sleep. Karat Murat also possesses
extraordinary strength that allows him to throw
enemies around and a specific sense of humor
resulting in various comedic action scenes such as a
villain's pants falling down and revealing the naked
truth after the stroke of Kara Murat's sword, Kara
Murat using vegetables as weapons or a bad guy
having his set of false teeth removed during a
confrontation.Another thing worth mentioning is a
character entitled "Angel Face", an incredibly tall and
ugly villain who eventually becomes Kara Murat's ally.
All in all, despite some technical shortcomings and a
cameraman's shadow clearly visible on one occasion,
the creators succeeded in putting together an
enjoyable action-adventure with a dash of comedy,
kung-fu and Ali Baba's Forty Thieves.
Cast and crew: Natuk Baytan, Ernst Hofbauer, Cuneyt Arkin, Daniela Giordano, Pasquale Basile, Yavuz Selekman, Huseyin Alp, Kadir Savun, Turgut Ozatay, Atilla Ergun, Erdogan Tunas, Fuad Ozluer, Bora Ayanoglu, Arab Celal, Aktar Durukan, Suheyl Egriboz,Mumtaz Ener, Ihsan Gedik
